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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scenes 4 and 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Nano trace Valpone's soul back to?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Pythagoras.
(c) Apollo.
(d) Venus.

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

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) Less than half of it.
(d) None of it.

4. What violence does Mosca ask Corvino to carry out against Valpone?
(a) Smothering him.
(b) Poisoning him.
(c) Stabbing him.
(d) Shooting him.

5. How does Valpone react to the "private" conversation Mosca has with Voltore when escorting him away from the house?
(a) Valpone is offended by the conversation.
(b) Valpone is pleased with the conversation.
(c) Valpone is angered by the conversation.
(d) Valpone is confused by the conversation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Corvino and Mosca discuss, thinking that Valpone cannot hear them?

2. Which of the following characters decides to don a disguise in the attempts of seeing Celia?

3. What is the first letter of Jonson's acrostic?

4. How does Peregrine describe the local men who deal with medicine?

5. What are Sir Political Would-Be and Peregrine discussing as they sit outside Corvino's home?

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