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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 topic does Corbaccio vocally argue with Valpone about?
(a) Politics.
(b) Religion.
(c) Science.
(d) They do not argue about anything.

2. What does Voltore do for a living?
(a) He is a lawyer.
(b) He is a doctor.
(c) He is a jester.
(d) He is an artist.

3. What is the powder that Valpone offers as a prize meant to restore?
(a) Lost souls.
(b) Riches.
(c) Love.
(d) Youth.

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

5. What does Valpone say in response to the gift that Voltore has given him?
(a) He puts the gift off to the side and forgets about it.
(b) He tells Voltore that he does not want the gift.
(c) He thanks him for the gift repeatedly.
(d) He places the gift in the middle of the table so that he can look at it all day.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Valpone say that riches are better than?

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

3. How does Mosca claim Valpone feels about his bastard children?

4. How many children does Valpone have?

5. What is Valpone pretending to do when Corbaccio enters the room?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Celia and what is Valpone's reaction to her?

2. How is Valpone wounded after his visit with Celia?

3. What type of acrostic does Jonson employ in his Prologue?

4. Who is Sir Political Would-Be?

5. How does Valpone react to Mosca's torment of Voltore?

6. What does Mosca confess to Voltore when he is showing him out of Valpone's room?

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

8. How does Corvino react to Valpone's physical state when he enters the room during their first visit?

9. What happens when Bonario overhears Valpone threatening to rape Celia?

10. How does Valpone act once Voltore is in the room for his visit?

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