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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long has Valpone been pretending to be sick when Voltoro arrives?
(a) Three months.
(b) Three years.
(c) Three weeks.
(d) Three days.

2. How does Valpone respond to Nano's tracing of his soul?
(a) He begins to shake.
(b) He begins to sing.
(c) He begins to shout.
(d) He begins to swear.

3. Who does Mosca tell that Valpone has named his heir?
(a) Corbaccio.
(b) Mosca.
(c) Voltore.
(d) Corvino.

4. How does Corvino think Celia has betrayed him?
(a) Through her conversation with the Medicine Man.
(b) Through plotting to run away with the Medicine Man.
(c) Through her stroking of the Medicine Man's face.
(d) Through kissing the Medicine Man.

5. How does Corvino respond to the disguised men hanging around his home?
(a) He invites them inside for tea.
(b) He has them arrested.
(c) He beats them up.
(d) He shoots them.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Corbaccio react when he hears that Valpone's health is failing?

2. Who does Nano trace Valpone's soul back to?

3. What does Valpone tell Mosca is the best way to spend riches?

4. What is an acrostic?

5. What is Valpone selling when he arrives at Celia's home?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jonson lay out the entire plot of his play for the audience?

2. Who is Celia and what is Valpone's reaction to her?

3. What con is Valpone pulling over the Venetian businessmen?

4. What does Mosca tell Corvino is the one thing he can do to help save Valpone's life?

5. What happens when Bonario overhears Valpone threatening to rape Celia?

6. How does Corvino punish Celia for her conversations with the Medicine Man?

7. What happens when Bonario snubs Mosca on the streets?

8. How does Peregrine exact his revenge against Sir Politic?

9. What is the setting of this play?

10. How does Corbaccio's arrival at Valpone's home after Bonario has left open the door for a new plan to hatch in their scheme to disinherit Corbaccio's son?

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