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

2. Why does Mosca hurry Voltore out the door after his visit with Valpone?
(a) Because Voltore does not have enough money to stay longer.
(b) Because Voltore can see that Valpone is not really sick.
(c) To make room for another visitor.
(d) Because Mosca does not want Valpone to overhear their conversation.

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

4. Who is married to Celia?
(a) Corvino.
(b) Corbaccio.
(c) Voltore.
(d) Valpone.

5. Which of the following adjectives best describes Celia?
(a) Poor.
(b) Intelligent.
(c) Beautiful.
(d) Cunning.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are Sir Political Would-Be and Peregrine discussing as they sit outside Corvino's home?

3. How long does Valpone tell Lady Would-Be to wait before returning to him?

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

5. What is Valpone lying about to the Venetian businessmen who have befriended him?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What type of dedication does Jonson use in the opening of his Prologue?

3. How does Corbaccio's arrival at Valpone's home after Bonario has left open the door for a new plan to hatch in their scheme to disinherit Corbaccio's son?

4. How do the courts find out that Valpone is a liar?

5. Who is Voltoro?

6. What role do Nano and Mosca play in Valpone's hopes of visiting with Celia?

7. Who is Valpone's heir?

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

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

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

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