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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What story does Gianni tell to excuse himself from taking Pietro's bed that night?
(a) he claims to have a spell to turn hay into a bed.
(b) he claims to have a spell that turns himself into a horse.
(c) he claims to be able to sleep while on his mare.
(d) he claims to know a spell that will turn his mare into a woman.

2. At what point does Pietro speak and break the spell?
(a) when he asks to place the tail on his wife himself.
(b) when he objects to where Gianni places the tail on his wife.
(c) when he asks his wife if she now feels like a mare.
(d) when he asks Gianni to repeat placing the tail.

3. Why has Peronella's husband come home in the middle of the day?
(a) to spend more time with his wife.
(b) to get something to eat.
(c) to sell the barrel that takes up room in their house.
(d) to look for some tools he forgot that morning.

4. How do Gualtieri and his wife get back together?
(a) his children plead on their mother's behalf.
(b) the marquis orders Gualtieri to take her back.
(c) she disguises herself and he takes her as a lover.
(d) he honors her after she passes all his tests.

5. What does the abbess mistake for her veil in the darkness?
(a) a pair of bloomers.
(b) a table cloth.
(c) her lover's pants.
(d) the bed sheet.

6. With whom does Tingoccio have an affair?
(a) Meuccio's wife.
(b) the wife of his nearest neighbor.
(c) the woman who is the mother of Tingoccio's godson.
(d) Meuccio's daughter.

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

8. While Peronella's husband is inside cleaning the barrel, what is Peronella doing?
(a) trying to think where her lover will get the money.
(b) bending over the barrel to supervise.
(c) rushing her lover out of the house.
(d) scolding her husband for leaving work.

9. Who discovers the two lovers the next morning in their compromising situation?
(a) the butler.
(b) Caterina's mother.
(c) Caterina's brother.
(d) Messer Lizio di Valbona.

10. How does Ricciardo avoid being killed for his transgression?
(a) he agrees to pay a bag of gold.
(b) he agrees to marry Caterina.
(c) he pretends that he has lost him memory.
(d) he jumps naked from the balcony and runs away.

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

12. What does Monna Giovanna's son want to possess?
(a) Frederico's daughter.
(b) Frederico's falcon.
(c) Frederico's horse.
(d) Frederico's farm.

13. What warning does Don Gianni give the couple before he casts his spell?
(a) if they write anything the spell will be broken.
(b) if they speak, the spell will be broken.
(c) if they look the spell will be broken.
(d) if they do not comply the spell will be broken.

14. What does Monna Giovanna discover after dinner?
(a) the falcon has gotten away.
(b) Frederico cannot part with his falcon.
(c) Frederico has sold his falcon.
(d) she has just eaten the very thing she desired.

15. What do the other nuns expect the abbess to do to the nun with a lover?
(a) forgive her.
(b) give her a vacation.
(c) punish her.
(d) send her to her village.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the transgression of the abbess who is told in the middle of the night about a nun who has been caught with her lover?

2. What does Peronella's lover do while she supervises her husband?

3. What does Messer Lizio di Valbona tell his wife Caterina's hand was wrapped around when he found them?

4. How are Peronella and her lover surprised one afternoon?

5. What friendship does Monna Giovanna's son strike up in the country?

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