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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who says, "We are talking now, if I understand the matter, of a mother who sees that her daughter neither can nor should stay tied to her as she was before--because now she has a life of her own?"
(a) Amalia.
(b) Laudisi.
(c) Agazzi.
(d) Signora Frola.

2. Who says, "Or do you think the old lady should have asked your permission? Just because your father is above her son-in-law?"
(a) Agazzi.
(b) Ponza.
(c) Laudini.
(d) Corelli.

3. How does Ponza act in Act 2, Scene 8?
(a) Amazed.
(b) Depressed.
(c) Enraged.
(d) Joyful.

4. Laudisi says that all he knows is what?
(a) His mind.
(b) Ponza.
(c) His heart.
(d) What they tell him.

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?"
(a) Laudisi.
(b) Dina.
(c) Agazzi.
(d) Amalia.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long are the women to make their visit for, and no longer in Act 2, Scene 2?

2. Who says, "I thought she was trying to protect her son-in-law from suspicion. That seemed to be the whole aim of her visit?"

3. What does Laudisi say the townspeople are when talking to himself in Act 2, Scene 3?

4. Who does Luadisi say to believe in Act 2, Scene 1?

5. What does Laudisi suggest as a reason the mother-in-law and her daughter live apart?

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