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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who announces to the courts that everything regarding Celia and Bonario's sentencing has been a mistake?
(a) Voltore.
(b) Corbaccio.
(c) Corvino.
(d) Mosca.

2. Which of the following men does NOT join the procession to the courts to press charges against Bonario?
(a) Corbaccio.
(b) Valpone.
(c) Voltore.
(d) Mosca.

3. Who does Mosca name as heir in his will?
(a) Mosca.
(b) Corbaccio.
(c) Voltore.
(d) Corvino.

4. What is Voltore's punishment for misleading the courts?
(a) He is executed.
(b) He is disbarred.
(c) He is rewarded for standing up to Valpone.
(d) He is given a hefty fine.

5. What is the name of the Senate, or Court Hose?
(a) Bravadio.
(b) Imposio.
(c) Gazio.
(d) Scrutenio.

6. Who is representing Valpone in the court case?
(a) Mosca.
(b) Valpone, himself.
(c) Corbaccio.
(d) Voltore.

7. What is the poem about that Nano recites for Valpone?
(a) Nano's skills.
(b) Mosca's skills.
(c) Androgyno's skills.
(d) Valpone's skills.

8. Who runs to Celia's aide when she is threatened to be raped?
(a) Bonario.
(b) Corvino.
(c) Valpone.
(d) Mosca.

9. How many witnesses do Celia and Bonario call to defend them?
(a) One.
(b) None.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

10. Why is Celia so surprised to see Valpone?
(a) Because he is so handsome.
(b) Because he is so young.
(c) Because he is so healthy.
(d) Because he is so wealthy.

11. Which of the following organisms are used to describe Mosca?
(a) A mosquito.
(b) A parasite.
(c) An amoeba.
(d) A virus.

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

13. What realization about independence does Mosca make while he is addressing the audience?
(a) He realizes that he is on his way to independence from Valpone.
(b) He realizes that he is becoming less independent from Valpone.
(c) He realizes that he will never become independent from Valpone.
(d) He realizes that he is becoming more independent from Valpone.

14. Which character pretends to be possessed by the devil in the courtroom?
(a) Voltore.
(b) Corvino.
(c) Valpone.
(d) Corbaccio.

15. What does Valpone offer to throw on Mosca to calm down Valpone?
(a) Water.
(b) Money.
(c) Dirt.
(d) Gold.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what room of the house does Mosca encourage Bonario to await his father's arrival to Valpone's?

2. Which of the following themes is Lady Would-Be obsessed with?

3. Where does Bonario wound Valpone during their scuffle?

4. Who is called as the main witness against Celia?

5. Who overhears Celia's pleadings with her husband, but does nothing to intervene?

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