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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 fell in love with a monk.
(b) she tells them how she has been serving God.
(c) she tells them that she has a hell to hide the Devil.
(d) she tells them that she met God in the desert.

2. For what is Andreuccio di Pietro famous?
(a) for finding lost treasure.
(b) for buying and selling horses.
(c) for knowing many kings.
(d) for dealing in rare jewels.

3. When does Masetto return to his village of Lamporecchio?
(a) after several of the nuns get pregnant.
(b) after he has finished landscaping the garden.
(c) after a new, younger gardener arrives.
(d) after the death of the abbess.

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

5. What is the passion of Frederigo, a man of noble birth who squanders his fortune for the love of Monna Giovanna?
(a) a herd of prize sheep.
(b) a prize bull.
(c) a fabulous steed.
(d) a prize falcon.

Short Answer Questions

1. How can Berto so easily convince people that he has taken on the vows of poverty and chastity?

2. How does the monk trick the abbot?

3. What arrangement does Alberto say is necessary for Gabriel to sleep with Monna Lisetta?

4. Why does Musciatto Franzesi choose Ser Ciappelletto to handle debts and trade?

5. What does Rustico tell Alibech to do?

(see the answer key)

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