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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Nuto leave the convent where he was the gardener?
(a) the salary was too low and he got conflicting orders.
(b) he got too old to tend the garden.
(c) he had an accident so he could no longer work.
(d) the work was too difficult for him.

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

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

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

5. How does Alatiel manage to marry the King of Algarve after all?
(a) she convinces the King of Algarve that she is still a virgin.
(b) she promises to produce a male heir.
(c) her father, the sultan, triples her dowry.
(d) she keeps her secrets from everyone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Abraham insist on going to find out about Christianity?

2. What results from Ser Ciappelletto's confession?

3. For what is Andreuccio di Pietro famous?

4. Who comes to the aid of the duke when war is proclaimed?

5. Why does Abraham conclude that the Christian religion is strong and will last?

(see the answer key)

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