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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does a prostitute deceive Pietro?
(a) by claiming to be his long lost sister.
(b) by claiming to be a fortune teller.
(c) by claiming to be his late brother's mistress.
(d) by cliaming to be in great distress.

3. How does the monk trick the abbot?
(a) he leaves the woman alone in his cell.
(b) he brings another woman for the abbot.
(c) he convinces the abbot he is seeing things.
(d) he lets the woman out through his window.

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

5. After the trouble at sea, what happens to the men who love Alatiel?
(a) most of them sell her to other men.
(b) most of them abandon her.
(c) most of them commit suicide.
(d) most of them are murdered so she can be taken.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Giannotto think it is so necessary to convert Abraham?

3. How does Ser Ciappelletto get a priest to absolve him?

4. For what is Andreuccio di Pietro famous?

5. Where does the monk take a woman?

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