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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rustico soon discover?
(a) that Alibech is not as beautiful as he first thought.
(b) that he can watch Alibech at her bath.
(c) that Alibech snores and talks in her sleep.
(d) that his willpower is not strong enough to resist Alibech.

2. Why is Masetto sleeping in the garden when the abbess finds him and begins to lust after him?
(a) he is lazy and is taking rest in the orchard.
(b) he has been servicing eight nuns and is tired.
(c) he has been working too hard in the orchard.
(d) he has been drinking the nun's wine.

3. How does Ciappelletto's confession later hoodwink the church?
(a) Ciappelletto becomes a model for all businessmen.
(b) Ciappelletto becomes a martyr and is later canonized.
(c) Ciappelletto is buried in the Vatican.
(d) Ciappelletto promises a donation he never makes.

4. Where does Abraham insist on going to find out about Christianity?
(a) to a monastery.
(b) to Antioch.
(c) to Jerusalem.
(d) to Rome.

5. Who is the next rival for the favor of Alatiel?
(a) a prince who is a cousin of the duke.
(b) a soldier in the prince's honor guard.
(c) a duke who is a cousin to the prince.
(d) the emperor of Constantinople.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Marato on board a ship?

2. When Abraham returns, what does he want to do that surprises Giannotto?

3. What does Giannotto di Civigni want to do?

4. Where do Constanza and Alatiel go after they leave Athens?

5. How does a prostitute deceive Pietro?

(see the answer key)

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