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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 4, Scenes 4, 5, and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jonson hope is the main thing audiences take away from his play?
(a) Meaning.
(b) Laughter.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Art.

2. Which of the following adjectives best describes the character Corbaccio?
(a) Foreign.
(b) Old.
(c) Young.
(d) Dangerous.

3. What realization about independence does Mosca make while he is addressing the audience?
(a) He realizes that he is becoming less independent from Valpone.
(b) He realizes that he will never become independent from Valpone.
(c) He realizes that he is on his way to independence from Valpone.
(d) He realizes that he is becoming more independent from Valpone.

4. What is the first letter of Jonson's acrostic?
(a) V.
(b) P.
(c) O.
(d) L.

5. Who does Mosca claim offered their virginal daughter to Valpone?
(a) The priest.
(b) The butcher.
(c) The seamstress.
(d) The doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Corvino think Celia has betrayed him?

2. How does Peregrine describe the local men who deal with medicine?

3. How long does Jonson say it took him to write the entire play?

4. In what country have Sir Political Would-Be and Peregrine met?

5. What relationship does Voltore claim Celia and Bonario have?

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