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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Ponza's mother-in-law?

2. Who came to the door earlier that day when Amalia rang for Senora Frola?

3. Who is Amalia married to?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does communication transpire from the Ponzas' apartment? What does this lead Amalia to believe?

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

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

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

8. What does Ponza make of the piano music in Act 2, Scene 7? Why?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theory of Relativism. Where did this theory originate? How does it play into Right You Are, If You Think You Are thematically?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the Actions and Objectives in Act 2 between Ponza and the townspeople and Signora Flora and the townspeople. What does each want? How do they go about achieving their objectives?

Essay Topic 3

Compare Right You Are, If You Think You Are to a play of the Commedia dell'arte style. What similarities exist between the two? What differences? What character might be what stock character from Commedia? Why?

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