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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Agazzi's daughter?
(a) Dina.
(b) Signora Ponza.
(c) Amalia.
(d) Signora Frola.

2. Who says, "The truth, my dear, is that, with a husband who always claims to know everything, I never manage to know anything?"
(a) Signora Agazzi.
(b) Signora Sirelli.
(c) Signora Ponza.
(d) Signora Bologna.

3. What does the Ponza family always wear?
(a) Red.
(b) Black.
(c) Juniper berries.
(d) Flowers.

4. In whose house does Act 1, Scenes 1 and 2 take place?
(a) Laudisi.
(b) Agazzi.
(c) Nenni.
(d) Ponza.

5. What is Agazzi's position?
(a) Governor.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Councillor.
(d) Policeman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says, "We come here as to the fountain, two poor women athirst for news?"

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

3. Where is Ponza's apartment where he lives?

4. Who does Signor Sirelli say Ponza keeps under lock and key?

5. 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?"

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