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Volpone Quiz 1

  • 1. How does Jonson refer to Cambridge and Oxford in the Epistle?
    •     "most Equal Brothers"
    •     "Friends"
    •     "Venerable Universities"
    •     "most Equal Sisters"

  • 2. What, according to Jonson, must you be in order to be a good poet?
    •     a good man
    •     a scholar
    •     a good friend
    •     an honest man

  • 3. What ancient poet does Jonson quote in the Epistle?
    •     Aristotle
    •     Erasmus
    •     Homer
    •     Horace

  • 4. What, according to Jonson, is "the principal end of poesie
    •     "to inform men in the best reason of living"
    •     "to promote the greater good"
    •     "to display the best in human nature"
    •     "to instruct and to entertain"

  • 5. What does Volpone's name mean in Italian?
    •     fox
    •     turtle
    •     dove
    •     raven

  • 6. What does Mosca's name mean in Italian?
    •     ant
    •     beetle
    •     fly
    •     tick

  • 7. What does Voltore's name mean in Italian?
    •     osprey
    •     vulture
    •     eagle
    •     camel

  • 8. What does Corbaccio's name mean in Italian?
    •     albatross
    •     dove
    •     seagull
    •     raven

  • 9. What does Corvino's name mean in Italian?
    •     maggot
    •     crow
    •     eagle
    •     raven

  • 10. What do the names of Voltore, Corbaccio, and Corvino all have in common?
    •     they refer to birds of prey
    •     they refer to Shakespearean characters
    •     they refer to actors
    •     they refer to animals

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