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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After a night of making love, what happens to the couple?
(a) they wait until Caterina's father leaves the house.
(b) they slip back into the house.
(c) they fall asleep.
(d) they cannot find their clothes.

2. What does Monna Giovanna's son want to possess?
(a) Frederico's horse.
(b) Frederico's farm.
(c) Frederico's falcon.
(d) Frederico's daughter.

3. What does the foolish girl, Alibech, want to do?
(a) prove there is no God.
(b) learn about sex.
(c) become a warrior for God.
(d) to find one who can teach the ways of the Lord.

4. What happens to Marato on board a ship?
(a) he is shot.
(b) he is hung.
(c) he is thrown overboard.
(d) he is talked into selling Alatiel.

5. Why is Masetto interested in the gardening job?
(a) because he is so religious.
(b) for the freedoms it allows.
(c) because he has been out of work for a long time.
(d) because he is too ugly to work anywhere else.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nuto suggest Masetto do to get the job?

2. Why does Berto della Massa go to Venice and take on the identity of Brother Alberto?

3. Who does Alatiel eventually meet?

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

5. With whom does Caterina fall in love?

(see the answer key)

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