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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 part of Corbaccio is failing?
(a) His voice.
(b) His memory.
(c) His hearing.
(d) His sight.

2. How does Valpone react to Corbaccio's second gift?
(a) He refuses the gift.
(b) He tells Corbaccio that it is all too much.
(c) He adds the gift to his accumulating pile without acknowledging it.
(d) He is pleased with the gift.

3. Who does Mosca claim offered their virginal daughter to Valpone?
(a) The priest.
(b) The seamstress.
(c) The butcher.
(d) The doctor.

4. What does Valpone do for a living?
(a) He is an artist.
(b) He is a con man.
(c) He is a doctor.
(d) He is a philosopher.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Valpone willing to sacrifice in order to make Celia his?

2. Which of the following best describes Valpone's behavior when Voltore is in the room?

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

4. What nationality is Peregrine?

5. What does Valpone tell Mosca is the best way to spend riches?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Corvino punish Celia for her conversations with the Medicine Man?

2. What happens when Voltore overhears Corbaccio and Mosca discussing Valpone's will?

3. What confession does Valpone make to Voltore, and for what purpose?

4. How does Valpone act once Voltore is in the room for his visit?

5. What is the reaction of the legacy hunters when they hear that Mosca has been named as Valpone's heir?

6. What do Sir Political Would be and Peregrine discuss when they meet outside Corvino's home?

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

8. How does Corbaccio enter the scene when he comes to visit with Valpone?

9. How does Nano attempt to entertain Valpone when he comes to visit?

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

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