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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who appears at the end of Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Signor Capello.
(b) The Butler.
(c) Signor Pafunda.
(d) Dr. Mancini.

2. Who says, "The truth, my dear, is that, with a husband who always claims to know everything, I never manage to know anything?"
(a) Signora Bologna.
(b) Signora Sirelli.
(c) Signora Ponza.
(d) Signora Agazzi.

3. In whose house does Act 1, Scenes 1 and 2 take place?
(a) Nenni.
(b) Laudisi.
(c) Ponza.
(d) Agazzi.

4. Why does Signora Frola say she and her daughter choose not to see one another in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) For her health.
(b) For Ponza's sake.
(c) For each other's sake.
(d) For her sanity.

5. Who says, "We come here as to the fountain, two poor women athirst for news?"
(a) Signora Lubini.
(b) Signora Dubelli.
(c) Signora Ponza.
(d) Signora Sirelli.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose name does Laudisi forget several times in Act 1, Scene 2?

2. Who says, "Excuse me, Signora, for wondering how it is... with your daughter here... after such a blow... that... it seems to me that survivors would need to stand together . . . ?"

3. What do they let up and down on ropes at the Ponza's house?

4. Who does Signora Frola say was taken to a sanitarium in Act 1, Scene 6?

5. Who did not receive Amalia and Dina when they paid a visit?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Signora Sirelli tell Amalia they've come in Act 1, Scene 2? What does Amalia tell them?

2. What does Laudisi say the townspeople are presented with in Act 2, Scene 1? How does Agazzi respond?

3. What is the outcome of the play? What does Signora Ponza tell the crowd?

4. What does Signora Sirelli say that she always is? How does Laudisi respond to her argument?

5. What does Laudisi say the townspeople are doing to themselves in Act 1, Scene 2? What is his ongoing point throughout the play, as he says it in this scene?

6. How does the Prefect respond to Laudisi's scheme in Act 3, Scene 4?

7. What does Laudisi suggest everyone accept as the truth? Why?

8. What does Sirelli tell his wife about Amalia in Act 1, Scene 2? How does he feel about the gossip?

9. Where did Centuri see the Prefect in Act 2, Scene 2? What does Agazzi say?

10. What does Amalia think of the scheme in Act 2, Scene 5? Why?

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