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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does the abbot never punish the monk?
(a) because he could not prove what the monk had done.
(b) because he feared the community would reject the monastery.
(c) because the monk caught him with a boy.
(d) because he had the woman as well.

5. Where do Constanza and Alatiel go after they leave Athens?
(a) Babylon.
(b) Alexandria.
(c) France.
(d) Turkey.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Alatiel eventually meet?

3. What happens to Marato on board a ship?

4. What are the three holy laws Saladin challenges Melchisedech to name as the one with the most truths?

5. Who does Pietro take up with after he loses all his money and clothes?

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