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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the premise of the novel that results in rounds of story telling?
(a) 7 women and 7 men go on holiday together.
(b) 7 young women and 3 men leave Florence to escape the plague.
(c) 7 men and 3 young women leave Rome to escape the plague.
(d) 7 women and 3 children are banished from Florence society.

2. Who determines who will tell the stories on each successive night?
(a) the group by popular vote.
(b) the oldest of the 7 women and 3 men.
(c) the person chosen as queen or king for the next night.
(d) the last person to tell a stroy the night before.

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

4. Who takes the place of the prince and seeks revenge on the duke?
(a) the prince's father.
(b) the prince's sister.
(c) the prince's brother.
(d) the prince's son.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Alatiel manage to marry the King of Algarve after all?

2. Why does Constanzo leave the battle and return to the duke's house?

3. Where does Ser Ciappelletto find lodging in Burgundy?

4. Who does Abraham observe on his trip?

5. Who discovers what the monk is doing?

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