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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. What is Valpone pretending to be doing when Corvino enters the room?
2. What does Corbaccio wish to have restored to him?
3. How does Mosca claim Valpone feels about his bastard children?
4. What is the first letter of Jonson's acrostic?
5. What event does Corvino tell his wife to dress for after his conversation with Mosca?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Nano attempt to entertain Valpone when he comes to visit?
2. What happens when Bonario overhears Valpone threatening to rape Celia?
3. How does the audience know that Corbaccio's hearing is failing?
4. 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?
5. What does Mosca confess to Voltore when he is showing him out of Valpone's room?
6. When Mosca converses with Corvino, what does he tell him has begun to cure Valpone's ailments?
7. How does Mosca react to the news that Valpone has been found out as a liar?
8. What case does Voltore draw against Celia?
9. How does Mosca react to the news that he has been named as Valpone's heir?
10. How does Corvino react to Valpone's physical state when he enters the room during their first visit?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Halfway through the play, Mosca is described as parasite rather than a servant. Explain what it means to be a parasite in the text of this play and argue whether or not this is a fair assessment of Mosca's character.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
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?
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