The Decameron Quiz

Giovanni Boccaccio

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

At what point does Pietro speak and break the spell? (from Chapters 9 - 10)

when he asks his wife if she now feels like a mare.

when he asks to place the tail on his wife himself.

when he objects to where Gianni places the tail on his wife.

when he asks Gianni to repeat placing the tail.

2.

Eventually what happens to Rustico? (from Chapter 3)

he is transfered to another monastery.

he is caught and publicly whipped.

he is worn out and can no longer pleasure Alibech.

he repents and sends Alibech away.

3.

What euphemism does the story teller use for "the thing you are ashamed to mention among men?" (from Chapter 5)

the nightingale.

the flower.

the branch.

the bower.

4.

What causes the women of Alibech's town to laugh when she returns after the deaths of her family members? (from Chapter 3)

she tells them that she fell in love with a monk.

she tells them that she has a hell to hide the Devil.

she tells them how she has been serving God.

she tells them that she met God in the desert.

5.

What does the foolish Alibech think she is doing when she allows the monk to have his way with her? (from Chapter 3)

hiding the devil from Rustico's hell.

taking the lust out of Rustico's devil.

keeping the devil from leaving Rustico's cell.

putting Rustico's devil into her hell.

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