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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 is the passion of Frederigo, a man of noble birth who squanders his fortune for the love of Monna Giovanna?
(a) a fabulous steed.
(b) a prize bull.
(c) a herd of prize sheep.
(d) a prize falcon.

2. Why is Masetto sleeping in the garden when the abbess finds him and begins to lust after him?
(a) he has been working too hard in the orchard.
(b) he is lazy and is taking rest in the orchard.
(c) he has been drinking the nun's wine.
(d) he has been servicing eight nuns and is tired.

3. After the death of her husband, where does Monna Giovanna take her son?
(a) to live with his grandfather.
(b) to the south of Italy.
(c) to the country near Frederigo's farm.
(d) on an extended trip.

4. What does Ghismunda do with Guiscardo's heart?
(a) she mixes it with poison herbs, takes it, and dies.
(b) she keeps it in a silver box in her room.
(c) she hides it under her bed.
(d) she buries it under a rose bush.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Rabatta and Bondone meet on the road to Florence, what happens to cause them to seek shelter?

2. What do the two men who know Brother Onion plan to do?

3. Where does Peronella tell her lover to hide?

4. Because of her vanity, what does Monna Lisetta do that soon allows all of Venice to know about her affair?

5. When does Peronella's lover come to visit her?

(see the answer key)

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