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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rustico tell Alibech to do?
(a) cover her eyes while he undresses.
(b) lift her skirts to let him see her sin.
(c) do like him and remove her clothes.
(d) watch as he removes his clothes.

2. Eventually what happens to Rustico?
(a) he is transfered to another monastery.
(b) he repents and sends Alibech away.
(c) he is worn out and can no longer pleasure Alibech.
(d) he is caught and publicly whipped.

3. What causes the women of Alibech's town to laugh when she returns after the deaths of her family members?
(a) she tells them that she met God in the desert.
(b) she tells them that she has a hell to hide the Devil.
(c) she tells them that she fell in love with a monk.
(d) she tells them how she has been serving God.

4. Why does Constanzo leave the battle and return to the duke's house?
(a) he comes to protect the women and children.
(b) he changes his mind about fighting.
(c) he becomes deathly ill.
(d) he has fallen in love with Alatiel.

5. Who is Alatiel's next lover after Constanzo?
(a) a general.
(b) a king.
(c) a merchant.
(d) a baron.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ghismunda not marry at a time when other girls her age have taken husbands?

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

3. Because of her vanity, what does Monna Lisetta do that soon allows all of Venice to know about her affair?

4. Tiring of Monna Lisetta's vain confessions, what does Brother Alberto do?

5. Who does Alibech eventually meet?

(see the answer key)

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