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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Ricciardo's plan after Caterina makes her bed on the balcony?
(a) to climb the wall and join her in her bed.
(b) to watch her in the moonlight.
(c) to sing love songs to her beneath the balcony.
(d) to get to the balcony through a window.

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

3. What happens when Brother Onion reaches into the box supposedly containing Gabriel's feather?
(a) he pulls out a piece of charcoal.
(b) he faints dead away.
(c) he becomes frightened.
(d) he falls to pieces.

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

5. Why does Giannotto think it is so necessary to convert Abraham?
(a) unless Abraham converts to Christianity, he is sure to go to hell.
(b) he needs to have saved one soul before the year is out.
(c) unless he converts Abraham, he cannot go to heaven himself.
(d) he cannot be openly friends with Abraham as long as he is a Jew.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the death of her husband, where does Monna Giovanna take her son?

2. What are the three holy laws Saladin challenges Melchisedech to name as the one with the most truths?

3. What euphemism does the story teller use for "the thing you are ashamed to mention among men?"

4. What tragedy befalls Alatiel?

5. What is Bondone's profession?

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