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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Constanzo leave the battle and return to the duke's house?
(a) he has fallen in love with Alatiel.
(b) he changes his mind about fighting.
(c) he becomes deathly ill.
(d) he comes to protect the women and children.

2. For what crime does Tingoccio tell Meuccio that there is no real punishment?
(a) for having the affair with the mother of his godson.
(b) for stealing loaves of bread.
(c) for lusting after beautiful girls.
(d) for beating his wife.

3. Who discovers what the monk is doing?
(a) the other monks in the monastery.
(b) the abbot of the monastery.
(c) the woman's husband.
(d) the gardener.

4. What happens when Ricciardo learns of Caterina's love for him?
(a) Caterina and Ricciardo elope to Venice.
(b) Caterina plays hard to get.
(c) Caterina and Ricciardo begin an affair.
(d) Ricciardo asks for her hand in marriage.

5. Who murders Pericone, Alatiel's first lover?
(a) his cousin, Alberto.
(b) the sultan's soldiers.
(c) the captain of a ship.
(d) his brother, Marato.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Monna Giovanna determine to do?

2. After the trouble at sea, what happens to the men who love Alatiel?

3. What do the villagers know of the Brother from St. Anthony's who comes once a year?

4. When Calandrino finds what he thinks are magic stones, how do his friends play a trick on him?

5. Why does Nuto leave the convent where he was the gardener?

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