The Decameron Quiz | Eight Week Quiz F

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 137 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Decameron Quiz | Eight Week Quiz F

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 137 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 - 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the foolish Alibech think she is doing when she allows the monk to have his way with her?
(a) putting Rustico's devil into her hell.
(b) taking the lust out of Rustico's devil.
(c) hiding the devil from Rustico's hell.
(d) keeping the devil from leaving Rustico's cell.

2. After her son dies, what does Monna Giovanna decide to do?
(a) marry Frederico.
(b) join a convent.
(c) buy Frederico a new falcon.
(d) kill Frederico.

3. What happens when the two friends tell Brother Onion what they had done?
(a) Brother Onion gives them absolution.
(b) they all have a good laugh.
(c) they agree that everything worked out well.
(d) Brother Onion kicks both of them.

4. Why is Masetto interested in the gardening job?
(a) because he is so religious.
(b) because he has been out of work for a long time.
(c) because he is too ugly to work anywhere else.
(d) for the freedoms it allows.

5. What causes the women of Alibech's town to laugh when she returns after the deaths of her family members?
(a) she tells them that she met God in the desert.
(b) she tells them that she has a hell to hide the Devil.
(c) she tells them that she fell in love with a monk.
(d) she tells them how she has been serving God.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name does Alberto give Monna Lisetta that indicates how bright she is?

2. Why does the first holy man send Alibech away?

3. What is the discovery of Saladin, the Sultan of Babylon?

4. Why do the villagers look forward to the arrival of the monk from St. Anthony's monastery?

5. What is Ricciardo's plan after Caterina makes her bed on the balcony?

(see the answer key)

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