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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 Monna Lisetta's character like?
(a) she is very belligerent.
(b) she in very humble.
(c) she is very vain.
(d) she is very intelligent.

2. What do the women tell Alibech?
(a) there are plenty of men who will help her serve God.
(b) they want to learn how to serve God, too.
(c) she is a stupid girl who trusts men.
(d) she cannot serve God with their husbands.

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

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

5. Why does Rustico agree to allow Alibech to remain with him?
(a) he is eager to test his willpower against her beauty.
(b) he is eager to save her soul.
(c) he is lecherous and wants to seduce her.
(d) he is blind and cannot see her beauty.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Tancredi have done to Guiscardo after he learns of his affair with Ghismunda?

3. What does Ghismunda do with Guiscardo's heart?

4. Why is Masetto interested in the gardening job?

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

(see the answer key)

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