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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 is Rabatta's profession?
(a) he is an expert in jurisprudence.
(b) he is a cleric.
(c) he is a master sculptor.
(d) he is a noted university teacher.

2. Where does Pietro go to ply his trade?
(a) Naples.
(b) Tuscany.
(c) Florence.
(d) Rome.

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

4. What euphemism does the story teller use for "the thing you are ashamed to mention among men?"
(a) the nightingale.
(b) the bower.
(c) the branch.
(d) the flower.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What horrible thing does Tancredi do to his daughter?

3. Why does Constanzo leave the battle and return to the duke's house?

4. After Tingoccio dies, what does he do that he had promised Meuccio in life?

5. What is Bondone's profession?

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