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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Corbaccio bring as a gift for Valpone?
(a) A vial of medicine.
(b) A gold plate.
(c) A bouquet of flowers.
(d) A new puppy.

2. What does Valpone say in response to the gift that Voltore has given him?
(a) He places the gift in the middle of the table so that he can look at it all day.
(b) He tells Voltore that he does not want the gift.
(c) He thanks him for the gift repeatedly.
(d) He puts the gift off to the side and forgets about it.

3. How does Sir Political Would-Be describe the two men who arrive at Celia's house?
(a) Fools.
(b) Wise men.
(c) Jesters.
(d) Clowns.

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

5. How does Peregrine describe the local men who deal with medicine?
(a) As fools.
(b) As quacks.
(c) As deceivers.
(d) As heroes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Peregrine react to his conversation with Sir Political Would-Be?

3. What does Valpone say that riches are better than?

4. How does Corvino respond to the disguised men hanging around his home?

5. Which part of Corbaccio is failing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What plan does Mosca hatch to get Corbaccio into Valpone's will?

2. Why does Jonson lay out the entire plot of his play for the audience?

3. What plot does Mosca attempt to trick Corvino into joining with him, and what is Corvino's reaction?

4. Who is Sir Political Would-Be?

5. What case does Voltore draw against Bonario?

6. How are Nano, Castrone, and Androgyno defined in the text?

7. Who is Voltoro?

8. What does Mosca confess to Voltore when he is showing him out of Valpone's room?

9. How is Valpone wounded after his visit with Celia?

10. How does the audience know that Corbaccio's hearing is failing?

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