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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 says to Signora Frola, "To tell you the truth, Signora, I did take it rather ill . . . ?"

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

3. Who says, "The truth, my dear, is that, with a husband who always claims to know everything, I never manage to know anything?"

4. What do they let up and down on ropes at the Ponza's house?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ponza ask of the Prefect as a condition that he present his wife? Why?

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

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

4. How does Signora Cini react to Laudisi's teasing in Act 2, Scene 3? What does he tell her is sure?

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

6. How does Signora Frola respond to Ponza in Act 2, Scene 8? What do the women do?

7. How does Signora Frola explain her daughter's behavior in Act 1, Scene 4?

8. What does Laudisi wonder about the wife in Act 3, Scene 2?

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

10. What does Ponza overhear his mother-in-law say in the other room which upsets him in Act 2, Scene 7?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the moral of Right You Are, If You Think You Are as a parable. What are the elements of parable? How are the characters and realism portrayed in this genre?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss "Paradox" in Right You Are, If You Think You Are. What is the ultimate paradox in the play? How is this illuminated? Where is this paradox presented in the play?

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