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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. Which of the following adjectives best describes the character Corbaccio?
(a) Foreign.
(b) Old.
(c) Young.
(d) Dangerous.

2. What role are the two men playing for Valpone when they arrive at Celia's home?
(a) Sergeants.
(b) Scouts.
(c) Sailors.
(d) Spies.

3. Who shows Voltore into Valpone's room?
(a) Nano.
(b) Mosca.
(c) Androgyno.
(d) Castrone.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jonson hope is the main thing audiences take away from his play?

2. What does Mosca say is helping to cure Valpone's ailments?

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

4. What nationality is Peregrine?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Celia and what is Valpone's reaction to her?

2. What is the setting of this play?

3. What is Valpone's punishment for misleading the courts?

4. What case does Voltore draw against Bonario?

5. How does Valpone respond to the news that Voltoro has come to pay him a visit?

6. What do Mosca and Corvino discuss when they think Valpone cannot hear them?

7. When Mosca converses with Corvino, what does he tell him has begun to cure Valpone's ailments?

8. How does Valpone elicit Celia to throw down her handkerchief?

9. How does Corvino react to Valpone's physical state when he enters the room during their first visit?

10. How does Sir Politic react to the gossip that Peregrine is spreading about him?

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