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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. What does Dina compare to the Ponza's strange behavior?
2. Who says, "As a daughter, I don't claim my mother would climb ninety or a hundred stairs for me, but I wouldn't be satisfied with seeing her, without feeling her near me?"
3. How many times does Dina say that she and Amalia have attempted to visit Senora Frola?
4. How old is Dina?
5. Who is Laudisi related to?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Signora Frola explain her daughter's behavior in Act 1, Scene 4?
2. What is the reaction the townspeople have to Laudisi in Act 1, Scene 2? How do they act on this?
3. What does Ponza do in Act 2, Scene 8, when he sees Signora Frola?
4. What does Laudisi say must be justified in the complaint the women have in Act 1, Scene 1? What is their response?
5. What is the outcome of the play? What does Signora Ponza tell the crowd?
6. What are some of the sacrifices Ponza speaks of having endured because of the situation in Act 1, Scene 5?
7. What did Agazzi tell the Prefect in Act 1, Scene 2? What was the Prefect's response?
8. Who has refused to receive Amalia in Act 1, Scene 1? How does Amalia know about this person?
9. What does Signora Sirelli say that she always is? How does Laudisi respond to her argument?
10. What does Laudisi suggest everyone accept as the truth? Why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the Actions and Objectives in Act 2 between Ponza and the townspeople and Signora Flora and the townspeople. What does each want? How do they go about achieving their objectives?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Laudisi as the role of the Raisonneur. What does this term mean? How does it apply to Laudisi? Give examples in your discussion.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Foreshadowing in Right You Are, If You Think You Are. Who foreshadows the ending of the play? Where does this foreshadowing take place? Are there other elements of foreshadowing? Define the term in your answer and give examples from the text where this technique is used.
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