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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many men actually had Alatiel before she was married?
(a) nine.
(b) five.
(c) twenty.
(d) seventeen.

2. Why does Rustico agree to allow Alibech to remain with him?
(a) he is eager to save her soul.
(b) he is blind and cannot see her beauty.
(c) he is lecherous and wants to seduce her.
(d) he is eager to test his willpower against her beauty.

3. How does Ser Ciappelletto get a priest to absolve him?
(a) he confesses under an assumed name.
(b) he makes a large donation to the church.
(c) he lies about everything in his past life.
(d) he becomes seriously penitent for his past sins.

4. Because of her vanity, what does Monna Lisetta do that soon allows all of Venice to know about her affair?
(a) she tells another priest at confession.
(b) she forgets to draw her drapes.
(c) she has an artist paint a picture of her and Gabriel.
(d) she tells a neighbor about Gabriel's love.

5. When Ciappelletto becomes gravely ill, what do the brothers think?
(a) they can steal his money after he dies.
(b) they might have to take him back to Paris.
(c) no priest would ever absolve a man as evil as Ciappelletto.
(d) no one would blame them for turning him out of their house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the brothers do to Isabetta's lover?

2. Where does Pietro go to ply his trade?

3. What are the three holy laws Saladin challenges Melchisedech to name as the one with the most truths?

4. Who does Abraham observe on his trip?

5. Tiring of Monna Lisetta's vain confessions, what does Brother Alberto do?

(see the answer key)

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