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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 Ciappelletto's confession later hoodwink the church?
(a) Ciappelletto becomes a model for all businessmen.
(b) Ciappelletto becomes a martyr and is later canonized.
(c) Ciappelletto is buried in the Vatican.
(d) Ciappelletto promises a donation he never makes.

2. Why is Masetto interested in the gardening job?
(a) for the freedoms it allows.
(b) because he is so religious.
(c) because he is too ugly to work anywhere else.
(d) because he has been out of work for a long time.

3. What horrible thing does Tancredi do to his daughter?
(a) he makes her witness the beheading of Guiscardo.
(b) he lockes her in her room until he dies.
(c) he chops up Guiscardo's heart and has it prepared for her.
(d) he takes away all her clothes so she cannot go outside.

4. What does Frederico, now a poor man, determine to do when Monna Giovanna comes calling?
(a) order her off his property.
(b) declare his love for her.
(c) cook the falcon to serve her for dinner.
(d) hide from her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the two men who played the trick go the next day?

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

3. How does he explain the charcoal?

4. How does Tancredi discover his daughter's affair with Guiscardo?

5. What is the Baronci family of Florence noted for?

(see the answer key)

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