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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Because Monna Lisetta is so beautiful, what does Brother Alberto desire to do?
(a) find her a husband.
(b) sleep with her.
(c) make her a nun.
(d) marry her.

2. What does Nuto suggest Masetto do to get the job?
(a) dress in fine clothes to apply for the job.
(b) let the abbess see him without his shirt.
(c) pretend he is a deaf mute.
(d) wear a bandana over his face.

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

4. What does Ghismunda do when she sees her father will not look for another husband for her?
(a) she seeks out a lover.
(b) she goes into the desert.
(c) she leaves her father's house.
(d) she joins a convent.

5. Why does Abraham conclude that the Christian religion is strong and will last?
(a) it leads the way in educating the people.
(b) it survives the excesses of the clergy.
(c) it has very beautiful churches.
(d) it accomodates Jews.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the nuns keep Masetto in the convent for many years?

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

3. How can Berto so easily convince people that he has taken on the vows of poverty and chastity?

4. How does Isabetta learn of Lorenzo's fate?

5. Where do Constanza and Alatiel go after they leave Athens?

(see the answer key)

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