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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who discovers what the monk is doing?
(a) the gardener.
(b) the other monks in the monastery.
(c) the woman's husband.
(d) the abbot of the monastery.

3. What does Saladin plan to do when he visits Melchisedech?
(a) to trick Melchisedech into giving him money.
(b) to offer his daughter in marriage to Melchisedech.
(c) to fall on his knees and beg from Melchisedech.
(d) to put Melchisedech under arrest and take his fortune.

4. When Ciappelletto becomes gravely ill, what do the brothers think?
(a) no one would blame them for turning him out of their house.
(b) they might have to take him back to Paris.
(c) they can steal his money after he dies.
(d) no priest would ever absolve a man as evil as Ciappelletto.

5. Where does Pietro go to ply his trade?
(a) Naples.
(b) Rome.
(c) Tuscany.
(d) Florence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the premise of the novel that results in rounds of story telling?

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

3. After the trouble at sea, what happens to the men who love Alatiel?

4. Why does Nuto leave the convent where he was the gardener?

5. Where does Alibech set out on her quest?

(see the answer key)

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