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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Cosimo when Viola leaves?
(a) he comes down from the trees
(b) he begins to act like a Baron
(c) nothing happens
(d) he takes leave of his senses

2. Why has Cosimo decided to help the townspeople with their tithes to the nobles?
(a) to support the cause of justice and fairness
(b) to have fun
(c) to show how much he loves them
(d) to get more money

3. How do the townspeople feel about Cosimo and Viola's relationship?
(a) it's weird
(b) it's too public
(c) it's an ideal match
(d) it will never last

4. What is one of the first things Viola and Cosimo talk about?
(a) Viola's aunts
(b) Cosimo's father
(c) the day of their separtion
(d) the boy gang of thieves

5. For what reason has Cosimo found that Ottimo Massimo does not come back often?
(a) he has found a female dog
(b) he is being fed better at another house
(c) he stays with a widow
(d) he has died

6. How does the Austrian soldiers appear to Cosimo?
(a) clumsy
(b) well disciplined but with no woods knowledge
(c) organized and efficient
(d) kill happy

7. What happened to the coats and hats of the French regiment?
(a) nothing happened to them
(b) they are covered in blood
(c) they begin to sprout moss and lichens
(d) they are torn up by the trees

8. What does Cosimo contribute to the secret ceremonies?
(a) one to honor the rain
(b) one honoring trees
(c) one to enrich farmers
(d) nothing

9. Where does Biagio go for a year?
(a) to the King's court
(b) traveling
(c) to his sister's
(d) to a resort

10. What do the nobles do in response to the collecting problem?
(a) lock themselves in their houses
(b) shoot Cosimo
(c) hang one of every 20 people
(d) burn the village down

11. What does Viola want Cosimo to allow?
(a) her frequent trips away
(b) not getting married
(c) her multiple lovers
(d) having children

12. What does Cosimo do when he can't get a woman for the night?
(a) he wails and yawns
(b) he sings loudly
(c) he hunts night animals
(d) he talks with his brother

13. What do Cosimo and Ursula end up doing?
(a) kissing
(b) falling from the trees
(c) leaving
(d) getting married

14. For what reason does Cosimo protect the townspeople?
(a) compassion
(b) to fight the French
(c) to maintain his image
(d) for a fee

15. What does Cosimo do when he sees the group?
(a) greets them politely
(b) throws rocks at them
(c) hits them with tree limbs
(d) ignores them

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Viola say Cosimo's idea of love is?

2. What army came in and almost arrested Battista and her husband?

3. What does he tell the vintners about the tithes that year?

4. Why is Biagio called home?

5. What does Cosimo do to the Austrian soldiers?

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