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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. 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 is above Ponza at his office?

4. When does Ponza come to visit Signora Frola?

5. What does Signora Frola say that she and her friends arranged?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why does Signora Frola apologize in Act 1, Scene 4? What is the reaction?

8. How does Signora Frola respond to Sirelli's comment that it is Ponza who bars her from seeing her daughter in Act 1, Scene 4?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the elements of both Tragedy and Comedy within Right You Are, If You Think You Are. Which elements of the play are Tragic? Which are Comic?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the character of Signora Ponza. Who is this character "ultimately?" How is her appearance the climax of the play?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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