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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Corbaccio bring as a gift for Valpone?

3. Which of the following terms do Mosca and Valpone use to describe their visitors?

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

5. How many children does Valpone have?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Corvino respond to the Medicine Man's presence in his home?

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

3. In his soliloquy to the audience, what realizations about himself does Mosca make?

4. What is the setting of this play?

5. What role does Valpone play in his own court case?

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

7. How does Mosca react to the news that Valpone has been found out as a liar?

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

9. What plan does Sir Politic entrust with Peregrine after discussing how to become a gentleman in Venice?

10. What gifts does Corbaccio bring to Valpone when he visits?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Valpone's plan is eventually revealed to the court, all of the characters involved receive individual and unique punishments. Create a list of the five characters that were involved in Valpone's plan and explain what the punishment for each of the characters was. Then, explain whether or not you believe that the punishments doled out fit the crimes, and why.

Essay Topic 2

Classism is an important theme throughout the play. Explain how classism functions throughout "Valpone" and give the example of one major event in the play that bucked the system of classism. What is the effect of that action on the characters of the play?

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the play, the audience almost always knows more than the characters on stage. Give two examples of times when the audience knows more about the plot of the play than the characters involved, and then explain what kind of relationship is created with the audience when most of the characters in the play are ignorant to the events happening around them.

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