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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 says, "Or do you think the old lady should have asked your permission? Just because your father is above her son-in-law?"
(a) Corelli.
(b) Laudini.
(c) Agazzi.
(d) Ponza.

2. What did Ponza stand there waiting for Amalia to do, according to them in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Get tea.
(b) Leave.
(c) Take a drive.
(d) Come in.

3. Who says to Signora Frola, "To tell you the truth, Signora, I did take it rather ill . . . ?"
(a) Sirelli.
(b) Ponza.
(c) Laudisi.
(d) Agazzi.

4. Who is Ponza always seen with?
(a) His dog.
(b) His wife.
(c) His mother-in-law.
(d) His sister.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children does Signora Frola say that her daughter has?

2. Who lives in the same apartment building as Agazzi?

3. When does Ponza come to visit Signora Frola?

4. What happens when the mother-in-law pulls the rope?

5. What is notable about the courtyard at the building where Ponza lives?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Signora Frola say when she enters in Act 3? Why does she feel this way?

3. How does Laudisi greet Centuri in Act 3? What does Centuri present to him?

4. How does Signora Frola say she communicates with her daughter? How do they feel about this arrangement?

5. What does Laudisi do alone in the room after the others have left in Act 2?

6. What does Laudisi tell the Sirellis regarding their argument with one another?

7. How does Ponza react to the Prefect's suggestion? What is the Prefect's response?

8. What does the Prefect say to Ponza in Act 3, Scene 5?

9. What exposition is provided by the gossip in Act 1, Scene 2 regarding the Ponzis' past?

10. What does Amalia suggest about the daughter and the mother-in-law in Act 1, Scene 1? How does Laudisi reply?

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