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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. Which of the following best describes the character Androgyno?
2. What does Voltore do for a living?
3. How does Corvino plan to block Celia's window?
4. Which of Valpone's two men arrive first at Celia's home?
5. What is Valpone pretending to do when Corbaccio enters the room?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the reaction of the legacy hunters when they hear that Mosca has been named as Valpone's heir?
2. Why does Jonson lay out the entire plot of his play for the audience?
3. What happens when Bonario snubs Mosca on the streets?
4. Who is Celia and what is Valpone's reaction to her?
5. What do Mosca and Corvino discuss when they think Valpone cannot hear them?
6. 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?
7. What do Sir Political Would be and Peregrine discuss when they meet outside Corvino's home?
8. What role do Nano and Mosca play in Valpone's hopes of visiting with Celia?
9. How does Corbaccio enter the scene when he comes to visit with Valpone?
10. How does Mosca get Lady Political Would-Be to leave Valpone's home so they can discuss finances?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Valpone's deception of the legacy hunters is a very broad and winding plan that takes more shape than what he first planned. Explain what Valpone's initial plan of deceit was and how the plan took shape as they play progressed.
Essay Topic 2
Many characters in the play spend time on the stage in disguise. Explain two disguises that were used by characters in the play and what effect the disguises had on the plot of the play.
Essay Topic 3
Valpone spends most of the time in the play pretending to be ill. Give examples of three ways that Valpone pretends to be ill and what the reaction to his devices are. Why is it important to Valpone's plan that the legacy hunters believe that he is really ill?
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