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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How long has Peregrine been traveling away from England?
(a) Seven days.
(b) Seven months.
(c) Seven weeks.
(d) Seven years.

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

4. What does Voltore do for a living?
(a) He is a jester.
(b) He is a doctor.
(c) He is an artist.
(d) He is a lawyer.

5. How does Valpone respond to Nano's tracing of his soul?
(a) He begins to shake.
(b) He begins to swear.
(c) He begins to sing.
(d) He begins to shout.

6. What animal is Valpone's name associated with?
(a) Vulture.
(b) Bear.
(c) Horse.
(d) Fox.

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

8. What is Valpone pretending to be doing when Corvino enters the room?
(a) Vomiting.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Praying.
(d) Dying.

9. How does Corbaccio react when he hears that Valpone's health is failing?
(a) He is excited.
(b) He is deeply saddened.
(c) He is apathetic.
(d) He is confused.

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

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

12. Why does Mosca hurry Voltore out the door after his visit with Valpone?
(a) Because Voltore does not have enough money to stay longer.
(b) Because Voltore can see that Valpone is not really sick.
(c) To make room for another visitor.
(d) Because Mosca does not want Valpone to overhear their conversation.

13. What are Sir Political Would-Be and Peregrine discussing as they sit outside Corvino's home?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Romance.
(c) Travel.
(d) Politics.

14. Who successfully wins the prize that Valpone is offering to the passersby?
(a) Celia.
(b) Lady Politcal Would-Be.
(c) Peregrine.
(d) Sir Political Would-Be.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why have Nano, Castrone, and Androgyno come to visit with Valpone?

3. In what country have Sir Political Would-Be and Peregrine met?

4. After Corvino leaves, what does Valpone urge his entertainers to prepare for?

5. What does Corbaccio bring as a gift for Valpone?

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