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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 - 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the abbot never punish the monk?
(a) because he had the woman as well.
(b) because he could not prove what the monk had done.
(c) because the monk caught him with a boy.
(d) because he feared the community would reject the monastery.

2. How does Ciappelletto's confession later hoodwink the church?
(a) Ciappelletto becomes a martyr and is later canonized.
(b) Ciappelletto becomes a model for all businessmen.
(c) Ciappelletto promises a donation he never makes.
(d) Ciappelletto is buried in the Vatican.

3. What name does Alberto give Monna Lisetta that indicates how bright she is?
(a) Lady Genius.
(b) Lady Halfwit
(c) Lady Quickwit.
(d) Lady Copernicus.

4. What results after Monna Lisetta believes Alberto's story and agrees to comply?
(a) Alberto gets cold feet and calls it off.
(b) Alberto has to find a suitable place.
(c) they carry on an affair for quite some time.
(d) Monna Lisetta only complies when wearing a blindfold.

5. What horrible thing does Tancredi do to his daughter?
(a) he makes her witness the beheading of Guiscardo.
(b) he takes away all her clothes so she cannot go outside.
(c) he lockes her in her room until he dies.
(d) he chops up Guiscardo's heart and has it prepared for her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the occupation of the man Peronella marries?

2. What reason does Caterina give for wanting to change her sleeping arrangements?

3. What friendship does Monna Giovanna's son strike up in the country?

4. Why does Nuto leave the convent where he was the gardener?

5. Where do the two men who played the trick go the next day?

(see the answer key)

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