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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. How much of the plot of the play does Jonson spell out for the reader in the opening?
(a) More than half of it.
(b) All of it.
(c) None of it.
(d) Less than half of it.

4. What is Valpone lying about to the Venetian businessmen who have befriended him?
(a) His occupation.
(b) His name.
(c) His health.
(d) His financial status.

5. What animal is Mosca's name associated with?
(a) A fly.
(b) A grasshopper.
(c) A butterfly.
(d) A mosquito.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Valpone pretending to do when Corbaccio enters the room?

2. How many lines is the Prologue of the play?

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

4. What do the Venetian businessmen gift to Valpone in the hopes of working their way into his will?

5. What does Valpone do for a living?

(see the answer key)

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