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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, "What a pompous attitude! Aren't people allowed to stay home and enjoy a little privacy?"
(a) Signora Agazzi.
(b) Laudini.
(c) Signora Victrola.
(d) Agazzi.

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

3. Who says, "You don't mean to say you understand it if a mother--unable to bear being away from the daughter--follows her and then is compelled to live apart from her in a city where after all she's a stranger too?"
(a) Dina.
(b) Laudisi.
(c) Agazzi.
(d) Amalia.

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

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. In whose house does Act 1, Scenes 1 and 2 take place?

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

3. Who declares that Signora Frola was nearly crying after she has left in Act 1, Scene 4?

4. When does Ponza come to visit Signora Frola?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Laudisi suggest about the Prefect in Act 3?

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

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

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

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

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

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