The Decameron Quiz | Eight Week Quiz G

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The Decameron Quiz | Eight Week Quiz G

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9 - 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the relationship between Tingoccio Mini and Meuccio di Tura?
(a) they are best friends.
(b) they are cousins.
(c) they are mortal enemies.
(d) they are brothers-in-law.

2. Why does Ghismunda not marry at a time when other girls her age have taken husbands?
(a) She never accepts the men her father brings home.
(b) Her father refuses to look for a husband for her.
(c) She is homely and the men do not consider her.
(d) She is caring for her father, Tancredi, in his old age.

3. After Tingoccio dies, what does he do that he had promised Meuccio in life?
(a) return to light candles in the church.
(b) haunt Meuccio's wife.
(c) show himself to the evil monk in the village.
(d) return to tell what it is like after death.

4. When Don Gianni visit the house of the poor Pietro da Tresanti, what is the situation?
(a) there is not enough food in the house.
(b) the house contains the stable.
(c) there is only one bed in the house.
(d) there are no chairs in the house.

5. What retort does the wayward nun have for the abbess?
(a) that the abbess just does not know what she has missed.
(b) that the abbess wears a table cloth on her head.
(c) that she is also guilty and wears a man's pants on her head.
(d) that her lover is the brother of the abbess' lover.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the somewhat spoiled Caterina?

2. Why do the nuns keep Masetto in the convent for many years?

3. What does Ghismunda do when she sees her father will not look for another husband for her?

4. Why does Abraham conclude that the Christian religion is strong and will last?

5. What do the nuns do because they think Masetto is deaf?

(see the answer key)

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