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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 does the Butler show in at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Senora Canelli.
(b) Sirelli and his wife.
(c) Cenora Laudisi.
(d) Senora Ponza.

2. 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) Agazzi.
(b) Amalia.
(c) Dina.
(d) Laudisi.

3. Which character is NOT present in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Amalia.
(b) Dina.
(c) Laudisi.
(d) Ponza.

4. What does Amalia say her husband claims Ponza is lacking in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Repect.
(b) Decency.
(c) Honor.
(d) Truth.

5. Who says, "We come here as to the fountain, two poor women athirst for news?"
(a) Signora Dubelli.
(b) Signora Ponza.
(c) Signora Sirelli.
(d) Signora Lubini.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times does Dina say that she and Amalia have attempted to visit Senora Frola?

2. What blinds the mother-in-law while she's talking to her daughter?

3. Why does Laudisi suggest the wife doesn't go outdoors in Act 1, Scene 1?

4. What does Laudisi say to do with "what other people see and touch even if it's the opposite of what you see and touch?"

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

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