4. What do the Venetian businessmen gift to Valpone in the hopes of working their way into his will?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Expensive gifts.
(c) Horses.
(d) Houses.

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

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

7. To which of the following universities does Jonson first dedicate his play?
(a) Stanford University.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) Oxford University.
(d) Princeton University.

8. When Volotre arrives, what does Valpone rush to change into?
(a) His pajamas.
(b) His sick clothes.
(c) His riding clothes.
(d) His old school uniform.

9. How much of the plot of the play does Jonson spell out for the reader in the opening?
(a) More than half of it.
(b) None of it.
(c) Less than half of it.
(d) All of it.

10. How does Valpone respond to Nano's tracing of his soul?
(a) He begins to sing.
(b) He begins to swear.
(c) He begins to shout.
(d) He begins to shake.

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

12. What does Valpone claim wounded him during his scuffle with Corvino?
(a) Corvino's knife.
(b) Corvino's fist.
(c) The thorns from a nearby rose bush.
(d) His love for Celia.

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

14. How long does Jonson say it took him to write the entire play?
(a) Five months.
(b) Five years.
(c) Five days.
(d) Five weeks.

15. How does Peregrine describe the local men who deal with medicine?
(a) As fools.
(b) As quacks.
(c) As deceivers.
(d) As heroes.