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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Constanza and Alatiel go after they leave Athens?
(a) Turkey.
(b) Alexandria.
(c) France.
(d) Babylon.

2. What tragedy befalls Alatiel?
(a) she is sold by her brothers for a great price.
(b) she is captured by pirates on the high seas.
(c) she is betrothed to an ugly old king.
(d) she is shipwrecked off the island of Majorca.

3. Who does Pietro take up with after he loses all his money and clothes?
(a) some highwaymen.
(b) some sorcerers.
(c) some gamblers.
(d) some grave robbers.

4. Where does the monk take a woman?
(a) to a garden.
(b) to her bedroom.
(c) to his cell.
(d) to an inn.

5. What is the premise of the novel that results in rounds of story telling?
(a) 7 men and 3 young women leave Rome to escape the plague.
(b) 7 women and 3 children are banished from Florence society.
(c) 7 women and 7 men go on holiday together.
(d) 7 young women and 3 men leave Florence to escape the plague.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Alatiel?

2. What does Nuto suggest Masetto do to get the job?

3. Why does Rustico agree to allow Alibech to remain with him?

4. For what is Andreuccio di Pietro famous?

5. What do the nuns begin to do with Masetto?

(see the answer key)

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