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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the Brother from the monastery of St. Anthony that is the same as the name of a vegetable?
(a) Brother Carrot.
(b) Brother Onion.
(c) Brother Endive.
(d) Brother Kale.

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

3. What do Messer Forese da Rabatta and Giotto di Bondone have in common with the Baronci family?
(a) they are religious.
(b) they are Napalitans.
(c) they are Romans.
(d) they are ugly.

4. What horrible thing does Tancredi do to his daughter?
(a) he lockes her in her room until he dies.
(b) he takes away all her clothes so she cannot go outside.
(c) he chops up Guiscardo's heart and has it prepared for her.
(d) he makes her witness the beheading of Guiscardo.

5. Who takes the place of the prince and seeks revenge on the duke?
(a) the prince's brother.
(b) the prince's sister.
(c) the prince's father.
(d) the prince's son.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Pietro go to ply his trade?

2. How many men actually had Alatiel before she was married?

3. What is Monna Lisetta's character like?

4. What does Pietro end up with that is worth more than the money he lost?

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

(see the answer key)

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