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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the discovery of Saladin, the Sultan of Babylon?
(a) his treasury is empty.
(b) he has more money than he can use.
(c) his people are giving him too much respect.
(d) his wives are wearing old clothes.

2. How does Monna Lisetta respond to the idea that the Angel Gabriel wants her?
(a) she does not understand what Alberto is telling her.
(b) she thinks it is natural since she is so beautiful.
(c) she is willing to sacrifice for her soul.
(d) she is shocked and tells Alberto to leave at once.

3. Tiring of Monna Lisetta's vain confessions, what does Brother Alberto do?
(a) he reproaches her.
(b) he runs when he sees her coming.
(c) he refuses her absolution.
(d) he plugs up his ears.

4. What arrangement does Alberto say is necessary for Gabriel to sleep with Monna Lisetta?
(a) Alberto must be present to witness Gabriel's actions.
(b) Monna Lisetta must keep her eyes closed.
(c) the angel will have to use Alberto's body.
(d) Alberto will have to tie her to the bedposts.

5. Who is the next rival for the favor of Alatiel?
(a) a prince who is a cousin of the duke.
(b) the emperor of Constantinople.
(c) a duke who is a cousin to the prince.
(d) a soldier in the prince's honor guard.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Abraham observe on his trip?

2. What results from Ser Ciappelletto's confession?

3. What does Ghismunda do with Guiscardo's heart?

4. What does the foolish Alibech think she is doing when she allows the monk to have his way with her?

5. What does Alibech find surprising?

Short Essay Questions

1. What means of entertainment do the young people devise?

2. After becoming a widow shortly after her marriage, what does Ghismunda see her father, Tancredi, has no plans of doing?

3. What are the circumstances surrounding the disappearance of Lorenzo, the lover of Isabetta?

4. Describe the happy occasion for Alatiel as she prepares to get married.

5. What happens that returns Alibech to her village?

6. What happens to Ciappelletto while staying with two Florentine brothers in Burgundy?

7. Why is it so easy for Berto della Massa to take on the persona of Brother Alberto, a minor friar?

8. How does the handsome Masetto manage to become the gardener for a convent of eight nuns and an abbess?

9. How does Ciappelletto become aware of the brothers' situation?

10. How does Tancredi discover the affair between Ghismunda and Guiscardo?

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