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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 - 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Monna Giovanna offer Frederico for the fortune he lost trying to please her?
(a) a chance to please her now.
(b) her jewels.
(c) half her estate.
(d) money.

2. While Peronella's husband is inside cleaning the barrel, what is Peronella doing?
(a) scolding her husband for leaving work.
(b) bending over the barrel to supervise.
(c) trying to think where her lover will get the money.
(d) rushing her lover out of the house.

3. How does Calandrino know that he no longer has magic powers?
(a) when his wife leaves him for a lover.
(b) when his wife breaks a mirror over his head.
(c) when his wife finds the stones and throws them out.
(d) when his wife can see him and scolds him for being late.

4. What do Messer Forese da Rabatta and Giotto di Bondone have in common with the Baronci family?
(a) they are Napalitans.
(b) they are ugly.
(c) they are religious.
(d) they are Romans.

5. What do the nuns do because they think Masetto is deaf?
(a) teach him to write.
(b) use sign language.
(c) peek at him in his bath.
(d) poke fun at him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the monk trick the abbot?

2. What is the name of the Brother from the monastery of St. Anthony that is the same as the name of a vegetable?

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

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

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

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