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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 Sirelli call Ponza in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) A gold-mine.
(b) A goat.
(c) A boor.
(d) A monkey.

2. Who has arrived along with the Sirellis in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Signora Frola.
(b) Signora Ponza.
(c) Signora Cini.
(d) Signora Zini.

3. Who says that she's herself and that's that?
(a) Signora Agazzi.
(b) Signora Sirella.
(c) Sirella.
(d) Signora Ponza.

4. What do they let up and down on ropes at the Ponza's house?
(a) Crates.
(b) Baskets.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Bayonets.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Signora Frola say that she and her daughter are with their arrangement?

3. Where is Ponza's apartment where he lives?

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

5. What did Amalia say to Ponza at the door in Act 1, Scene 2?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the reaction the townspeople have to Laudisi in Act 1, Scene 2? How do they act on this?

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

5. How does Signora Frola respond to Ponza in Act 2, Scene 8? What do the women do?

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

7. What does Dina say, granting that Ponza's choice of living space wasn't intentional?

8. How does Signora Sirelli feel about the drama in Act 2, Scene 2? What does she remark on Laudisi?

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

10. What is Signora Frola's reason for not accepted guests in Act 1, Scene 4? What do the townspeople ask her regarding this?

(see the answer keys)

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