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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Ghismunda chooses Guiscardo as her lover, what complicates their relationship?
(a) Ghismunda becomes pregnant.
(b) Guiscardo's father is Tancredi's mortal enemy.
(c) they have nowhere to meet.
(d) they must meet in secret.

2. What does Tancredi have done to Guiscardo after he learns of his affair with Ghismunda?
(a) Guiscardo is made to pay money for his transgression.
(b) Guiscardo is murdered and his heart cut out.
(c) Guiscardo is sent to prison.
(d) Guiscardo is forced into exile.

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

4. How does Alatiel manage to marry the King of Algarve after all?
(a) she convinces the King of Algarve that she is still a virgin.
(b) she keeps her secrets from everyone.
(c) her father, the sultan, triples her dowry.
(d) she promises to produce a male heir.

5. What is the Baronci family of Florence noted for?
(a) their beauty.
(b) their charity.
(c) their poverty.
(d) their ugliness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Brother Onion's servant to leave his post?

2. Where do Constanza and Alatiel go after they leave Athens?

3. What does Giannotto di Civigni want to do?

4. What does Monna Giovanna determine to do?

5. How does Peronella explain the man who is in the barrel?

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