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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the two men who played the trick go the next day?
(a) to hear Brother Onion's sermon.
(b) to wait up in a tree.
(c) to wait outside the church.
(d) to hide in the confessional.

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

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

4. Who comes to the aid of the duke when war is proclaimed?
(a) Consuelo.
(b) Constantinople.
(c) Constanzo.
(d) Conception.

5. How does a prostitute deceive Pietro?
(a) by cliaming to be in great distress.
(b) by claiming to be his late brother's mistress.
(c) by claiming to be a fortune teller.
(d) by claiming to be his long lost sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. What tragedy befalls Alatiel?

2. After Ghismunda chooses Guiscardo as her lover, what complicates their relationship?

3. What story does Alberto tell Monna Lisetta?

4. Why does the King determine that no one should ever know about all the men and unfortunate circumstances in Alatiel's life?

5. What does Bondone say people would think after looking at Rabatta?

(see the answer key)

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