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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Frederigo waste his fortune?
(a) on travel to exotic places to impress Monna Giovanna.
(b) on jewels and gifts to impress Monna Giovanna.
(c) on elaborate parties to impress Monna Giovanna.
(d) on jousts and other things to impress Monna Giovanna.

2. Who determines to discover the real identity of Monna Lisetta's angel?
(a) her brothers.
(b) the abbot of the monastery.
(c) the next door neighbors.
(d) her in-laws.

3. What happens to Pietro when he stays the night at the woman's house?
(a) he is tied up, robbed, and dumped into a canal.
(b) he ends up naked on the street and locked out of the house.
(c) he becomes ill from poison in his food.
(d) he is arrested by the Naples police for soliciting.

4. Where does Abraham insist on going to find out about Christianity?
(a) to Rome.
(b) to Antioch.
(c) to a monastery.
(d) to Jerusalem.

5. What does Rustico soon discover?
(a) that Alibech snores and talks in her sleep.
(b) that he can watch Alibech at her bath.
(c) that Alibech is not as beautiful as he first thought.
(d) that his willpower is not strong enough to resist Alibech.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Alibech sleep?

2. Who murders Pericone, Alatiel's first lover?

3. How does Ricciardo avoid being killed for his transgression?

4. What do Messer Forese da Rabatta and Giotto di Bondone have in common with the Baronci family?

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

(see the answer key)

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