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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Ser Ciappelletto find lodging in Burgundy?
(a) with two Florentine brothers.
(b) with two Franciscan friars.
(c) with a needy widow.
(d) in an expensive inn that Musciatto pays for.

2. What results after Monna Lisetta believes Alberto's story and agrees to comply?
(a) they carry on an affair for quite some time.
(b) Alberto gets cold feet and calls it off.
(c) Monna Lisetta only complies when wearing a blindfold.
(d) Alberto has to find a suitable place.

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 never accepts the men her father brings home.
(c) Her father refuses to look for a husband for her.
(d) She is caring for her father, Tancredi, in his old age.

4. What do Messer Forese da Rabatta and Giotto di Bondone have in common with the Baronci family?
(a) they are Napalitans.
(b) they are religious.
(c) they are Romans.
(d) they are ugly.

5. How does Ser Ciappelletto get a priest to absolve him?
(a) he confesses under an assumed name.
(b) he makes a large donation to the church.
(c) he lies about everything in his past life.
(d) he becomes seriously penitent for his past sins.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Isabetta learn of Lorenzo's fate?

2. What is Ricciardo's plan after Caterina makes her bed on the balcony?

3. What is Bondone's profession?

4. What results from Ser Ciappelletto's confession?

5. How does Rabatta insult Bondone?

(see the answer key)

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