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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) Agazzi.
(b) Ponza.
(c) Laudini.
(d) Corelli.

2. What does Dina compare Ponza's eyes to in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) A gentleman.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A wild beast.
(d) A farmer.

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

4. When does Ponza say he married the second time?
(a) Two years ago.
(b) Ten years ago.
(c) One year ago.
(d) Four years ago.

5. What does Laudisi say to the others is useless in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Their ambilalence.
(b) Their hostility.
(c) Their curiosity.
(d) Their anger.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Laudisi related to?

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

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

4. What did Ponza stand there waiting for Amalia to do, according to them in Act 1, Scene 2?

5. Who is Agazzi's daughter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the sacrifices Ponza speaks of having endured because of the situation in Act 1, Scene 5?

2. What does Laudisi say must be justified in the complaint the women have in Act 1, Scene 1? What is their response?

3. 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?

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

5. What does Ponza do in Act 2, Scene 8, when he sees Signora Frola?

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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