The Decameron | Short Question Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Chapter 1

1. What is the premise of the novel that results in rounds of story telling?

7 young women and 3 men leave Florence to escape the plague.

2. Why does Musciatto Franzesi choose Ser Ciappelletto to handle debts and trade?

He fears the unscrupulous behavior of the Burgundians.

3. Where does Ser Ciappelletto find lodging in Burgundy?

with two Florentine brothers.

4. When Ciappelletto becomes gravely ill, what do the brothers think?

no priest would ever absolve a man as evil as Ciappelletto.

5. How does Ser Ciappelletto get a priest to absolve him?

he lies about everything in his past life.

6. What results from Ser Ciappelletto's confession?

he becomes thought of as a saint.

7. How does Ciappelletto's confession later hoodwink the church?

Ciappelletto becomes a martyr and is later canonized.

8. What does Giannotto di Civigni want to do?

convert his Jewish friend,...
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