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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the discovery of Saladin, the Sultan of Babylon?
(a) he has more money than he can use.
(b) his people are giving him too much respect.
(c) his wives are wearing old clothes.
(d) his treasury is empty.

2. What horrible thing does Tancredi do to his daughter?
(a) he takes away all her clothes so she cannot go outside.
(b) he makes her witness the beheading of Guiscardo.
(c) he chops up Guiscardo's heart and has it prepared for her.
(d) he lockes her in her room until he dies.

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

4. After Ghismunda chooses Guiscardo as her lover, what complicates their relationship?
(a) Ghismunda becomes pregnant.
(b) Guiscardo's father is Tancredi's mortal enemy.
(c) they have nowhere to meet.
(d) they must meet in secret.

5. 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 salary was too low and he got conflicting orders.
(d) the work was too difficult for him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What tragedy befalls Alatiel?

2. Where does Alibech sleep?

3. What does Abraham observe among the church leaders in Rome?

4. Who does Pietro take up with after he loses all his money and clothes?

5. How does the monk trick the abbot?

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