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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 - 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the nuns do because they think Masetto is deaf?
(a) peek at him in his bath.
(b) poke fun at him.
(c) teach him to write.
(d) use sign language.

2. What happens when Brother Onion reaches into the box supposedly containing Gabriel's feather?
(a) he falls to pieces.
(b) he pulls out a piece of charcoal.
(c) he becomes frightened.
(d) he faints dead away.

3. Why does Ghismunda not marry at a time when other girls her age have taken husbands?
(a) She is homely and the men do not consider her.
(b) She is caring for her father, Tancredi, in his old age.
(c) Her father refuses to look for a husband for her.
(d) She never accepts the men her father brings home.

4. Because Monna Lisetta is so beautiful, what does Brother Alberto desire to do?
(a) marry her.
(b) make her a nun.
(c) sleep with her.
(d) find her a husband.

5. What tragedy befalls Alatiel?
(a) she is sold by her brothers for a great price.
(b) she is captured by pirates on the high seas.
(c) she is betrothed to an ugly old king.
(d) she is shipwrecked off the island of Majorca.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who takes the place of the prince and seeks revenge on the duke?

2. What causes Brother Onion's servant to leave his post?

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

4. What is the Baronci family of Florence noted for?

5. Who takes Alatiel from the sailor after the murder of the other sailor?

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