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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 5, Scenes 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Sir Politic entrust with his plans to take over Italy?
(a) Mosca.
(b) Bonario.
(c) Peregrine.
(d) Valpone.

2. Which of the following adjectives best describes Valpone as he is waiting for Mosca to return from his meeting with Corbaccio?
(a) Excited.
(b) Impatient.
(c) Intimidated.
(d) Apathetic.

3. Who interrupts Nano's tale of Valpone's soul with a knock at the door?
(a) Androgyno.
(b) Voltore.
(c) Mosca.
(d) Castrone.

4. Who threatens to rape Celia if she does not comply with his wishes?
(a) Bonario.
(b) Mosca.
(c) Corvino.
(d) Valpone.

5. Who knocks at the door, interrupting Nano's poem?
(a) Lady Politcal Would-Be.
(b) Mosca.
(c) Sir Political Would-Be.
(d) Celia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Corvino worried that his reputation might be tarnished in court?

2. What realization about independence does Mosca make while he is addressing the audience?

3. Who does Valpone enlist to be his number one man in making Celia his?

4. How does Mosca feel about Voltore's defense of Valpone in the court room?

5. What is Valpone lying about to the Venetian businessmen who have befriended him?

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