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

2. When is the only time Celia is allowed to leave the house?
(a) To go to the hairdresser.
(b) To go to the grocer.
(c) To go to church.
(d) To go to the lake.

3. What event does Corvino tell his wife to dress for after his conversation with Mosca?
(a) A wedding.
(b) An opera.
(c) A funeral.
(d) A feast.

4. What does Mosca beg Voltore to do when Valpone dies?
(a) Purchase Valpone's house from his estate.
(b) Hire Mosca as his servant.
(c) Tell the world the truth about Valpone.
(d) Split the profits of Valpone's will with Mosca.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. During what era is Valpone's story set?

2. How does Peregrine react to his conversation with Sir Political Would-Be?

3. How does Valpone feel about doctors?

4. Who finds the hiding place for Bonario to overhear the conversations of the night?

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

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