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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Alibech sleep?
(a) outside the monastery.
(b) in a closet in the monastery.
(c) in Rustico's bed.
(d) on the floor of Rustico's cell.

2. What story does Alberto tell Monna Lisetta?
(a) that the Angel Gabriel wants to speak with her.
(b) that the Angel Gabriel wants her to sleep with Alberto.
(c) that the Angel Gabriel has fallen in love with her.
(d) that the Angel Gabriel has been watching her undress.

3. What does Rustico tell Alibech she must do to serve God?
(a) to chastize the devil with her tongue.
(b) to give herself to God's priest.
(c) to sleep naked in Rustico's bed.
(d) to put the devil back into hell.

4. Why do the nuns keep Masetto in the convent for many years?
(a) he fathers children the nuns say are orphans.
(b) he speaks and they think God has worked a miracle.
(c) he agrees to stay if they stop wanting sex.
(d) he knows too much about their activities.

5. Who does Alibech eventually find?
(a) a holy man who lives in a hut.
(b) a holy man who teaches in a synagogue.
(c) a holy woman who heals the sick.
(d) a holy woman who lives in a cave.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes the women of Alibech's town to laugh when she returns after the deaths of her family members?

2. Why does Rustico agree to allow Alibech to remain with him?

3. Because of her vanity, what does Monna Lisetta do that soon allows all of Venice to know about her affair?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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