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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Alibech find surprising?
(a) that using her hell does not hurt her.
(b) that Rustico's Devil keeps coming back.
(c) that serving God is so pleasurable.
(d) that the Devil cannot enter her hell very often.

2. What are the three holy laws Saladin challenges Melchisedech to name as the one with the most truths?
(a) the law of Nature, of the Gods, or the Professors.
(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 the Jews, Saracens, or Christians.

3. What does Rustico tell Alibech she must do to serve God?
(a) to sleep naked in Rustico's bed.
(b) to put the devil back into hell.
(c) to give herself to God's priest.
(d) to chastize the devil with her tongue.

4. Where does Alibech set out on her quest?
(a) she goes alone to Greece.
(b) she goes alone to explore the Egyptian desert.
(c) she goes alone to Jerusalem.
(d) she goes alone to study in Alexandria.

5. Why does Saladin go to Melchisedech?
(a) he is a high priest.
(b) he is a Jewish money lender.
(c) he has a map of great treasure.
(d) he is a wise fortune teller.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a monk see that ignites his temptation?

2. What is the premise of the novel that results in rounds of story telling?

3. Where does the monk take a woman?

4. What is the discovery of Saladin, the Sultan of Babylon?

5. What causes the women of Alibech's town to laugh when she returns after the deaths of her family members?

(see the answer key)

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