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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many children does Valpone have?
(a) He is unsure how many children he has fathered.
(b) He has no children.
(c) He has one child.
(d) He has five children.

2. What does Corbaccio gift to Valpone after hearing that Voltore was there earlier?
(a) His silver shoestrings.
(b) His watch.
(c) A bag of coins.
(d) The feather from his hat.

3. How does Corvino respond to Mosca's proposal of violence?
(a) He refuses.
(b) He agrees.
(c) He tells Mosca that he will consider it.
(d) He ignores Mosca completely

4. What does Valpone say that riches are better than?
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Humor.
(d) Love.

5. What sense does Mosca tell Corvino that Valpone has lost?
(a) His sense of memory.
(b) His sense of speech.
(c) His sense of hearing.
(d) His sense of sight.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following best describes the character Nano?

2. Which of the following best describes the character Castrone?

3. Which part of Corbaccio is failing?

4. Why have Nano, Castrone, and Androgyno come to visit with Valpone?

5. Why does Valpone allegedly admire lawyers?

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