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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 Brother from St. Anthony's monastery travel each year to a nearby village?
(a) to collect alms.
(b) to give alms.
(c) to take confessions.
(d) to feed the poor.

2. What is Monna Lisetta's character like?
(a) she is very vain.
(b) she in very humble.
(c) she is very intelligent.
(d) she is very belligerent.

3. Eventually what happens to Rustico?
(a) he is caught and publicly whipped.
(b) he is transfered to another monastery.
(c) he repents and sends Alibech away.
(d) he is worn out and can no longer pleasure Alibech.

4. When does Masetto return to his village of Lamporecchio?
(a) after he has finished landscaping the garden.
(b) after a new, younger gardener arrives.
(c) after the death of the abbess.
(d) after several of the nuns get pregnant.

5. What is the passion of Frederigo, a man of noble birth who squanders his fortune for the love of Monna Giovanna?
(a) a fabulous steed.
(b) a herd of prize sheep.
(c) a prize falcon.
(d) a prize bull.

Short Answer Questions

1. What poses a problem for the two men who plan to play a trick on Brother Onion?

2. What does Peronella do shortly after her marriage?

3. After her son dies, what does Monna Giovanna decide to do?

4. What does Pietro end up with that is worth more than the money he lost?

5. How does Rabatta insult Bondone?

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