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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 Abraham observe among the church leaders in Rome?
(a) strong examples of how to live a clean life.
(b) great humility with vows of poverty and celibacy.
(c) greed, lust, lechery, and many other things that a man of God should not be a part of.
(d) great piety and devotion to Jesus and the saints.

2. Who murders Pericone, Alatiel's first lover?
(a) his cousin, Alberto.
(b) his brother, Marato.
(c) the captain of a ship.
(d) the sultan's soldiers.

3. Why does Giannotto think it is so necessary to convert Abraham?
(a) he cannot be openly friends with Abraham as long as he is a Jew.
(b) unless Abraham converts to Christianity, he is sure to go to hell.
(c) he needs to have saved one soul before the year is out.
(d) unless he converts Abraham, he cannot go to heaven himself.

4. Why does Nuto leave the convent where he was the gardener?
(a) he got too old to tend the garden.
(b) he had an accident so he could no longer work.
(c) the work was too difficult for him.
(d) the salary was too low and he got conflicting orders.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many men actually had Alatiel before she was married?

3. Why is Masetto sleeping in the garden when the abbess finds him and begins to lust after him?

4. Who takes the place of the prince and seeks revenge on the duke?

5. What results from Ser Ciappelletto's confession?

(see the answer key)

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