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

2. What is notable about the courtyard at the building where Ponza lives?
(a) It is dark.
(b) It is vast.
(c) It is filled with peaches.
(d) It is beautiful.

3. Who has Agazzi run to in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) The Mayor.
(b) The Governor.
(c) The Priest.
(d) Signor Sirelli.

4. Who says, "The truth, my dear, is that, with a husband who always claims to know everything, I never manage to know anything?"
(a) Signora Ponza.
(b) Signora Agazzi.
(c) Signora Bologna.
(d) Signora Sirelli.

5. Who has seen Ponza's wife in the village in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Laudisi.
(b) Agazzi.
(c) No one.
(d) Sirelli.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who has arrived along with the Sirellis in Act 1, Scene 2?

4. Who does Ponza never bring to Signora Frola's apartment?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

5. What about the documents makes them unreliable?

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

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

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

9. What is Ponza's story of the situation in Act 1, Scene 5? What does Signora Frola believe in his story?

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

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