SparkNotes: Volpone: Quiz

By which of the following names does Volpone refer to his treasure (his money) in Act I, scene I?

(A) My friend

(B) My lover

(C) My saint

(D) My fool

What do envious people, according to Volpone, call Mosca?

(A) An idiot

(B) A parasite

(C) A rogue

(D) An insect

The legacy hunters bring the following gifts:

(A) A diamond, gold plate, a pearl

(B) A necklace, some fruit, a gold plate

(C) A gold plate, a vial of medicine, a pearl

(D) A diamond, a vial of medicine, a pearl

"Voltore", translated into English, means:

(A) Vulture

(B) Parrot

(C) Crow

(D) Peccadillo

To whom does Celia toss a handkerchief?

(A) Scoto Mantua, disguised as Volpone

(B) Volpone, disguised as Mosca

(C) Volpone, disguised as Scoto Mantua

(D) Mosca, disguised as Scoto Mantua

Corbaccio's son is named:

(A) Corvino

(B) Bonario

(C) Boccacio

(D) Alessandro Buttone

What does Corvino want his wife to do with Volpone?

(A) Sleep with him

(B) Talk with him

(C) Walk with him

(D) Dine with him

What civic function does the Scrutineo serve in the Venetian state?

(A) It is the Senate's meeting chamber

(B) It is the city's university

(C) It is the municipal art gallery

(D) It is the soccer stadium

Who is Mosca's "surprise witness" at the first Scrutineo hearing?

(A) Sir Politic Would-be

(B) Lady Politic Would-be

(C) Volpone

(D) Sammy "The Bull" Gravano

What is Corvino's punishment at the play's conclusion?

(A) He will be rowed around the Grand Canal with cuckold's horns on his head, then have his eyes beaten out with stinking fish, bruised fruit, and rotten eggs

(B) He will be rowed around the Grand Canal with donkey's ears on his head, then have his eyes beaten out with stinking fish, bruised fruit, and rotten eggs

(C) He will be rowed around the Grand Canal with donkey's ears on his head, then pelted with rotten eggs in front of the Scrutineo

(D) He will be exiled from Venice

Volpone primarily aims to satirize which of the following vices?

(A) Lust

(B) Gluttony

(C) Greed

(D) Sloth

In the Prologue, Jonson declares his hope that the play will:

(A) Make his audience both laugh and cry

(B) Entertain and educate his audience

(C) Make his audience forget their troubles

(D) Insult his audience's prejudice and stupidity

In his soliloquy in Act III, scene i, Mosca says that:

(A) He hates being a parasite

(B) That he is not a parasite

(C) That he doesn't understand the word "parasite"

(D) That the entire world is made up of parasites and sub-parasites

In the end, the play seems to side primarily with which character's belief system?

(A) Celia

(B) Mosca

(C) Volpone

(D) Corbaccio

English audiences saw Venice as a symbol of which of the following?

(A) Honesty and prosperity

(B) Decadence and moral corruption

(C) Military strength

(D) Christian ideals

In his speech in Act I, scene i, Volpone uses language that draws heavily on the vocabulary of which of the following human endeavors?

(A) Politics

(B) The Law

(C) Religion

(D) Science

After Voltore's speech, one of the judges pronounces that "'tis pity two such prodigies should live." To which two people does he intend to refer, and his statement is an example of what literary device?

(A) Bonario and Celia; dramatic irony

(B) Bonario and Celia; situational irony

(C) Mosca and Volpone; dramatic irony

(D) Bonario and Celia; hyperbole

In Act V, scene iv, Sir Politic hides in a casket made out of what?

(A) Beaver-pelt

(B) Tortoise-hide

(C) Tortoise-shell

(D) Wood

Which of the following Italian authors has Lady Politic Would-be NOT read?

(A) Dante

(B) Aretine

(C) Tasso

(D) Boccacio

What action does Sir Politic seem to decide on after his humiliation at the hands of Peregrine?

(A) To return home to England

(B) To flee Venice in a gondola by night

(C) To revenge himself upon Peregrine

(D) To return home to Scotland