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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How do the court officials react to the news of Valpone's death?
(a) They are deeply saddened.
(b) They are surprised.
(c) They are apathetic.
(d) They are amused.

4. To whom does Valpone admit that he has been faking his illness?
(a) Corvino.
(b) Mosca.
(c) Bonario.
(d) Celia.

5. Whose dead body does Corvino threaten to tie to Celia's body if she refuses him?
(a) Her mother's.
(b) A slave's.
(c) Her brother's.
(d) Their child's.

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

7. In what room of the house does Mosca encourage Bonario to await his father's arrival to Valpone's?
(a) In the gallery.
(b) In the study.
(c) In the library.
(d) In the smoking room.

8. How does Mosca convince Corbaccio's son that he is sensitive?
(a) He begins to blush.
(b) He begins to cry.
(c) He begins to tremble.
(d) He begins to cough.

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

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

11. Which of the following themes is Lady Would-Be obsessed with?
(a) Honesty.
(b) Lust.
(c) Vanity.
(d) Money.

12. How does Mosca feel about Voltore's defense of Valpone in the court room?
(a) He thinks he did a mediocre job.
(b) He thinks he did an adequate job.
(c) He thinks he did a marvelous job.
(d) He thinks he did a poor job.

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

14. Which of the following characters does NOT enter Valpone's home with the intent to fight against his named heir?
(a) Peregrine.
(b) Lady Political Would-Be.
(c) Corbaccio.
(d) Corvino.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Voltore's punishment for misleading the courts?

2. Who does Valpone send into the town to announce his death?

3. What is the name of Corbaccio's son?

4. What does Corbaccio call his son in open court?

5. Who is representing Valpone in the court case?

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