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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 5, Scenes 1, 2, and 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Corbaccio bring as a gift for Valpone?
(a) A new puppy.
(b) A vial of medicine.
(c) A gold plate.
(d) A bouquet of flowers.

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

3. What does Valpone claim wounded him during his scuffle with Corvino?
(a) His love for Celia.
(b) Corvino's knife.
(c) Corvino's fist.
(d) The thorns from a nearby rose bush.

4. How does Peregrine describe the local men who deal with medicine?
(a) As quacks.
(b) As fools.
(c) As deceivers.
(d) As heroes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Voltore do for a living?

2. What animal is Mosca's name associated with?

3. Which of the following is NOT a reason Mosca gives to Corbaccio for renaming Valpone as his own heir?

4. What animal is Valpone's name associated with?

5. What nationality is Peregrine?

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