The Decameron Test | Final Test - Easy

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The Decameron Test | Final Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the avocation of Gualtieri, the son of a wealthy marquis in Saluzzo?
(a) he paints pictures of unclothed young girls.
(b) he chases all the pretty girls in the village.
(c) he spends his days hunting and hawking.
(d) he drinks every day in the tavern.

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

3. When Calandrino finds what he thinks are magic stones, how do his friends play a trick on him?
(a) they pretend that he knows the future.
(b) they pretend that he has super human strength.
(c) they pretend that he can read their minds.
(d) they pretend that he is invisible.

4. With whom does Caterina fall in love?
(a) Ricciardo Manardi da Brettinoro, an enemy of Lizio di Valbona.
(b) Berto della Massa, a notorious liar.
(c) Ricciardo Manardi da Brettinoro, a friend of Lizio di Valbona.
(d) Juan Carlos da Vinci, a cousin of Lizio di Valbona.

5. What is the passion of Frederigo, a man of noble birth who squanders his fortune for the love of Monna Giovanna?
(a) a herd of prize sheep.
(b) a prize falcon.
(c) a prize bull.
(d) a fabulous steed.

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

7. What does Don Gianni di Barolo have that shows his wealth?
(a) a donkey to transport his goods.
(b) a servant to transport his goods.
(c) a wagon to transport his goods.
(d) a mare to transport his goods.

8. What does Caterina say she wants to hear at night?
(a) the breeze in the trees.
(b) the nightingale.
(c) the crickets.
(d) the troubadors.

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

10. What warning does Don Gianni give the couple before he casts his spell?
(a) if they do not comply 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 write anything the spell will be broken.

11. As they travel along, what do Rabatta and Bondone begin to do?
(a) play a guessing game.
(b) insult each other about their looks.
(c) discuss their respective businesses.
(d) sing songs to keep up their courage.

12. When Gualtieri finally marries, what does he decide to do?
(a) share his wife with his cousin.
(b) lock his wife away in a tower.
(c) test his wife to see if she is faithful.
(d) kill his wife and marry a young girl.

13. What poses a problem for the two men who plan to play a trick on Brother Onion?
(a) his door is locked and there is no window.
(b) his servant who guards the room.
(c) they do not know which room is his.
(d) there are a group of monks standing outside his door.

14. What reason does Caterina give for wanting to change her sleeping arrangements?
(a) she says the fresh night air is good for her.
(b) she says she likes to sleep under the stars.
(c) she says she is all grown up now.
(d) she says it is too hot in her bed and she cannot sleep.

15. What story does Gianni tell to excuse himself from taking Pietro's bed that night?
(a) he claims to know a spell that will turn his mare into a woman.
(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 have a spell to turn hay into a bed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Brother Onion's servant to leave his post?

2. What does Peronella do shortly after her marriage?

3. What do the two men who know Brother Onion plan to do?

4. Why is the marquis displeased with his son?

5. What is the relationship between Tingoccio Mini and Meuccio di Tura?

(see the answer keys)

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