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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Scenes 8 and 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first letter of Jonson's acrostic?
(a) O.
(b) L.
(c) P.
(d) V.

2. Who overhears Celia's pleadings with her husband, but does nothing to intervene?
(a) Corbaccio
(b) Bonario.
(c) Valpone.
(d) Mosca.

3. What is Valpone pretending to be doing when Corvino enters the room?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Vomiting.
(c) Praying.
(d) Dying.

4. What literary technique does Jonson use to write the opening of the play?
(a) A poem.
(b) A song.
(c) An epitaph.
(d) An obituary.

5. How does Mosca claim Valpone feels about his bastard children?
(a) He does not even know that they exist.
(b) He has made small provisions for them.
(c) He hopes they will be treated as royalty by his heir.
(d) He does not care about them at all.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which of the following adjectives best describes Valpone as he is waiting for Mosca to return from his meeting with Corbaccio?

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

5. What does Voltore do for a living?

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