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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. What does Signora Frola say that she and her friends arranged?
(a) Her daughter's death.
(b) Her daughter's divorce.
(c) Her daughter's humiliation.
(d) The pretense of a second wedding.

2. What destroyed the village Ponza comes from?
(a) A fire.
(b) An earthquake.
(c) A tornado.
(d) A volcano.

3. How many times does Dina say that she and Amalia have attempted to visit Senora Frola?
(a) Four times.
(b) Twice.
(c) Three times.
(d) Once.

4. Who does Ponza never bring to Signora Frola's apartment?
(a) Her daughter.
(b) Her friends.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her sister.

5. What does Laudisi ask Sirelli to do once he's come to the center of the room to him in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Run.
(b) Touch him.
(c) Dance.
(d) Kiss him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Signora Sirelli refer to Amalia as in Act 1, Scene 2?

2. When does Ponza come to visit Signora Frola?

3. Who appears at the end of Act 1, Scene 1?

4. Who does Dina say is arriving at the end of Act 1, Scene 2?

5. Who says, "We come here as to the fountain, two poor women athirst for news?"

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Laudisi's take on proof by documentation?

3. What has Centuri discovered in Act 2, Scene 1 regarding Ponza's village?

4. Why does Signora Frola apologize in Act 1, Scene 4? What is the reaction?

5. What does Laudisi wonder about the wife in Act 3, Scene 2?

6. What is the plan Agazzi devises to bring Ponza and his mother-in-law together in Act 2, Scene 2?

7. What does Laudisi suggest about the Prefect in Act 3?

8. What does Dina liken the situation to in Act 1, Scene 1? How does Laudisi respond?

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

10. Who has refused to receive Amalia in Act 1, Scene 1? How does Amalia know about this person?

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