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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Abraham observe on his trip?
(a) the clergy.
(b) the laity.
(c) other Jews.
(d) the children.

2. What is the discovery of Saladin, the Sultan of Babylon?
(a) his people are giving him too much respect.
(b) his treasury is empty.
(c) he has more money than he can use.
(d) his wives are wearing old clothes.

3. What does Monna Giovanna discover after dinner?
(a) Frederico cannot part with his falcon.
(b) Frederico has sold his falcon.
(c) she has just eaten the very thing she desired.
(d) the falcon has gotten away.

4. How does a prostitute deceive Pietro?
(a) by claiming to be his late brother's mistress.
(b) by cliaming to be in great distress.
(c) by claiming to be his long lost sister.
(d) by claiming to be a fortune teller.

5. After the trouble at sea, what happens to the men who love Alatiel?
(a) most of them abandon her.
(b) most of them are murdered so she can be taken.
(c) most of them commit suicide.
(d) most of them sell her to other men.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does Caterina give for wanting to change her sleeping arrangements?

2. Who is the somewhat spoiled Caterina?

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

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

5. What does Messer Lizio di Valbona tell his wife Caterina's hand was wrapped around when he found them?

(see the answer key)

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