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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who discovers what the monk is doing?
(a) the other monks in the monastery.
(b) the woman's husband.
(c) the abbot of the monastery.
(d) the gardener.

2. What happens when Ricciardo learns of Caterina's love for him?
(a) Caterina and Ricciardo begin an affair.
(b) Ricciardo asks for her hand in marriage.
(c) Caterina and Ricciardo elope to Venice.
(d) Caterina plays hard to get.

3. How does a prostitute deceive Pietro?
(a) by claiming to be his late brother's mistress.
(b) by claiming to be his long lost sister.
(c) by claiming to be a fortune teller.
(d) by cliaming to be in great distress.

4. What is Ricciardo's plan after Caterina makes her bed on the balcony?
(a) to watch her in the moonlight.
(b) to sing love songs to her beneath the balcony.
(c) to get to the balcony through a window.
(d) to climb the wall and join her in her bed.

5. How does Tancredi discover his daughter's affair with Guiscardo?
(a) he has her followed by a policeman.
(b) he falls asleep in her room and wakes up to find them together.
(c) he opens her door to see if she is in the house.
(d) he hears gossip on the streets and confronts her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rustico tell Alibech to do?

2. How does the monk trick the abbot?

3. What does Monna Giovanna's son want to possess?

4. What story does Alberto tell Monna Lisetta?

5. Why does Musciatto Franzesi choose Ser Ciappelletto to handle debts and trade?

(see the answer key)

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