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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Alibech eventually find?
(a) a holy man who lives in a hut.
(b) a holy man who teaches in a synagogue.
(c) a holy woman who lives in a cave.
(d) a holy woman who heals the sick.

2. Why does the abbot never punish the monk?
(a) because he had the woman as well.
(b) because he could not prove what the monk had done.
(c) because he feared the community would reject the monastery.
(d) because the monk caught him with a boy.

3. What do the villagers know of the Brother from St. Anthony's who comes once a year?
(a) his life story since he was born in their village.
(b) his reputation as a great story teller.
(c) nothing except his words.
(d) what they have heard from travelers.

4. When Calandrino finds what he thinks are magic stones, how do his friends play a trick on him?
(a) they pretend that he has super human strength.
(b) they pretend that he is invisible.
(c) they pretend that he can read their minds.
(d) they pretend that he knows the future.

5. What does Caterina beg her parents to allow her to do?
(a) to sleep in a room by herself.
(b) to sleep under an arbor in the garden.
(c) to sleep on the balcony outside her bedroom.
(d) to sleep in another part of the house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Rabatta's profession?

2. Who is Alatiel?

3. What is Bondone's profession?

4. Where does Peronella tell her lover to hide?

5. How does Ciappelletto's confession later hoodwink the church?

(see the answer key)

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