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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 Signora Frola say that she and her friends arranged?
(a) Her daughter's humiliation.
(b) Her daughter's divorce.
(c) Her daughter's death.
(d) The pretense of a second wedding.

2. Where is Ponza's apartment where he lives?
(a) The edge of town.
(b) The next town away.
(c) The castle.
(d) The center of town.

3. 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) Respect.
(b) Disbelieve.
(c) Put down.
(d) Believe.

4. Who is above Ponza at his office?
(a) Laudisi.
(b) Cini.
(c) Sirelli.
(d) Agazzi.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Agazzi's position?

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

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

5. What does Dina compare Ponza's eyes to in Act 1, Scene 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Signora Sirelli tell Amalia they've come in Act 1, Scene 2? What does Amalia tell them?

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

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

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

5. What does Sirelli tell his wife about Amalia in Act 1, Scene 2? How does he feel about the gossip?

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

7. What is the outcome of the play? What does Signora Ponza tell the crowd?

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

9. What does Laudisi ask the women about their complain in Act 1, Scene 1? What do they reply?

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

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