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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why has Peronella's husband come home in the middle of the day?
(a) to spend more time with his wife.
(b) to sell the barrel that takes up room in their house.
(c) to look for some tools he forgot that morning.
(d) to get something to eat.

2. Eventually, who does Ghismunda marry as arranged by her father?
(a) a duke who beats her regularly.
(b) her father's best friend.
(c) a merchant who does not require a dowry.
(d) a duke's son who dies shortly after the wedding.

3. What does Caterina say she wants to hear at night?
(a) the nightingale.
(b) the breeze in the trees.
(c) the crickets.
(d) the troubadors.

4. 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 Abraham converts to Christianity, he is sure to go to hell.
(c) unless he converts Abraham, he cannot go to heaven himself.
(d) he needs to have saved one soul before the year is out.

5. What happens when Ricciardo learns of Caterina's love for him?
(a) Ricciardo asks for her hand in marriage.
(b) Caterina plays hard to get.
(c) Caterina and Ricciardo begin an affair.
(d) Caterina and Ricciardo elope to Venice.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the trouble at sea, what happens to the men who love Alatiel?

2. Who discovers what the monk is doing?

3. Tiring of Monna Lisetta's vain confessions, what does Brother Alberto do?

4. Who discovers the two lovers the next morning in their compromising situation?

5. What does Ghismunda do when she sees her father will not look for another husband for her?

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