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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mosca beg Voltore to do when Valpone dies?
(a) Split the profits of Valpone's will with Mosca.
(b) Tell the world the truth about Valpone.
(c) Purchase Valpone's house from his estate.
(d) Hire Mosca as his servant.

2. Which of the following adjectives best describes Jonson's narrative voice?
(a) Boastful.
(b) Modest.
(c) Poetic.
(d) Obnoxious.

3. What does Jonson hope is the main thing audiences take away from his play?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Meaning.
(c) Art.
(d) Laughter.

4. Who does Mosca tell that Valpone has named his heir?
(a) Mosca.
(b) Voltore.
(c) Corbaccio.
(d) Corvino.

5. How does Corvino plan to block Celia's window?
(a) With a curtain.
(b) With bars.
(c) With stone.
(d) With bricks.

6. What nationality is Peregrine?
(a) Scottish.
(b) Italian.
(c) English.
(d) Irish.

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

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

9. How long does Jonson say it took him to write the entire play?
(a) Five months.
(b) Five days.
(c) Five weeks.
(d) Five years.

10. How does Valpone feel about doctors?
(a) He despises them.
(b) He is apathetic to them.
(c) He is terrified of them.
(d) He admires them.

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

12. Which of the following is NOT something that Sir Political Would-Be attempts to educate Peregrine on during their discussion?
(a) How to survive in a strange city.
(b) How to save money during travel.
(c) How to be an expert traveler.
(d) How to make friends with foreigners.

13. What event does Corvino tell his wife to dress for after his conversation with Mosca?
(a) A feast.
(b) A funeral.
(c) An opera.
(d) A wedding.

14. How does Corvino respond to the disguised men hanging around his home?
(a) He invites them inside for tea.
(b) He has them arrested.
(c) He beats them up.
(d) He shoots them.

15. How long has Valpone been pretending to be sick when Voltoro arrives?
(a) Three days.
(b) Three years.
(c) Three weeks.
(d) Three months.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Valpone do for a living?

2. What type of story does Nano tell Valpone when he first arrives at his home?

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

4. Who shows Voltore into Valpone's room?

5. In which room of his house does Valpone entertain Volotre?

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