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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 blinds the mother-in-law while she's talking to her daughter?
(a) Her ignorance.
(b) Her beauty.
(c) The sunlight.
(d) Her veil.

2. What is Ponza's apartment overlooking?
(a) The graveyard.
(b) The orchard.
(c) The firefield.
(d) The church.

3. What does Signora Frola say to Amalia regarding not having paid a visit?
(a) She says she doesn't like her.
(b) She sneers at her.
(c) She apologizes.
(d) She laughs at her.

4. What does Laudisi say to do with "what other people see and touch even if it's the opposite of what you see and touch?"
(a) Believe.
(b) Disbelieve.
(c) Put down.
(d) Respect.

5. What does Dina tell Laudisi to do in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Call Ponza.
(b) Leave.
(c) Stay.
(d) Eat dinner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who insists everyone be seated before the guests arrive?

2. Who does the Butler show in at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2?

3. Why does Signora Frola say she and her daughter choose not to see one another in Act 1, Scene 4?

4. What goes up and down between Signora Frola and her daughter by ropes?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Laudisi tell the townspeople in Act 1, Scene 2 about the truth of the situation?

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

3. How does Amalia explain the living situation of the Ponzas?

4. What does Dina say about the piano heard offstage in Act 2, Scene 6?

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

6. What do the documents prove in Act 3, Scene 2?

7. What does Dina tell the women in Act 2, Scene 4 regarding Signora Frola? What have they seen?

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

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

10. What do the Sirellis argue about in Act 1, Scene 2?

(see the answer keys)

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