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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ser Ciappelletto get a priest to absolve him?
(a) he confesses under an assumed name.
(b) he becomes seriously penitent for his past sins.
(c) he lies about everything in his past life.
(d) he makes a large donation to the church.

2. After Ghismunda chooses Guiscardo as her lover, what complicates their relationship?
(a) they must meet in secret.
(b) Guiscardo's father is Tancredi's mortal enemy.
(c) they have nowhere to meet.
(d) Ghismunda becomes pregnant.

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

4. 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 that she met God in the desert.
(c) she tells them that she has a hell to hide the Devil.
(d) she tells them how she has been serving God.

5. What are the three holy laws Saladin challenges Melchisedech to name as the one with the most truths?
(a) the law of the Jews, Saracens, or Christians.
(b) the law of the Christians, the Jews, or the Hindus.
(c) the law of the church, the state, or the royalty.
(d) the law of Nature, of the Gods, or the Professors.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the monk take a woman?

2. How does Frederigo waste his fortune?

3. What does the foolish Alibech think she is doing when she allows the monk to have his way with her?

4. Where does the first holy man send Alibech?

5. What do the nuns do because they think Masetto is deaf?

(see the answer key)

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