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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 do the villagers look forward to the arrival of the monk from St. Anthony's monastery?
(a) they like to help the monks.
(b) they like to hear his stories.
(c) they know he brings gifts.
(d) they have a feast when he comes.

2. What does Monna Giovanna discover after dinner?
(a) Frederico has sold his falcon.
(b) Frederico cannot part with his falcon.
(c) the falcon has gotten away.
(d) she has just eaten the very thing she desired.

3. What do the nuns begin to do with Masetto?
(a) hide his clothes while he is sleeping.
(b) make him dance for them in the garden.
(c) watch him work without his shirt on.
(d) take advantage of him to find out what sex is like.

4. Who takes Alatiel from the sailor after the murder of the other sailor?
(a) a prince.
(b) a merchant.
(c) a bandit.
(d) a magician.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Masetto sleeping in the garden when the abbess finds him and begins to lust after him?

2. For what is Andreuccio di Pietro famous?

3. What is the name of the Brother from the monastery of St. Anthony that is the same as the name of a vegetable?

4. Where does Alibech sleep?

5. How does Ciappelletto's confession later hoodwink the church?

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