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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. Which of the following terms do Mosca and Valpone use to describe their visitors?
(a) Animals.
(b) Freaks.
(c) Fools.
(d) Gentlemen.

2. What type of story does Nano tell Valpone when he first arrives at his home?
(a) An allegory.
(b) A fable.
(c) A metaphor.
(d) A dream.

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

4. What does Voltore gift to Valpone when he comes for a visit?
(a) A silver cup.
(b) A brass candelabra.
(c) A diamond ring.
(d) A gold plate.

5. What does Corbaccio wish to have restored to him?
(a) His speech.
(b) His youth.
(c) His family.
(d) His fortune.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Valpone respond to Nano's tracing of his soul?

3. What does Mosca beg Voltore to do when Valpone dies?

4. What term does Valpone use to describe his three unusual visitors?

5. How does Valpone react to the "private" conversation Mosca has with Voltore when escorting him away from the house?

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