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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Scenes 8 and 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Valpone's two men dressed as when they arrive at Celia's home?
(a) Count-banks.
(b) Bountybanks.
(c) Mountebanks.
(d) Fountainbanks.

2. What is an acrostic?
(a) A poem.
(b) An insect.
(c) A type of fabric.
(d) A weapon.

3. What relationship does Mosca have with Valpone?
(a) He is Valpone's brother.
(b) He is Valpone's business partner.
(c) He is Valpone's assistant.
(d) He is Valpone's son.

4. Which of the following adjectives best describes Celia?
(a) Cunning.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Intelligent.
(d) Poor.

5. What term does Valpone use to describe his three unusual visitors?
(a) Vermin.
(b) Jesters.
(c) Beggars.
(d) Fools.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Corbaccio react when he hears that Valpone's health is failing?

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

5. Which disease does Celia beg Valpone to give her in order for her to lose her beauty?

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