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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9 - 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the monk trick the abbot?
(a) he convinces the abbot he is seeing things.
(b) he brings another woman for the abbot.
(c) he leaves the woman alone in his cell.
(d) he lets the woman out through his window.

2. Why is Alatiel not happy with the duke after they go to Athens?
(a) he never leaves her side in Athens.
(b) he has a wife in Athens and keeps her as a mistress.
(c) he grows fat and lazy in Athens.
(d) he never allows her to leave the villa in Athens.

3. When Gualtieri finally marries, what does he decide to do?
(a) test his wife to see if she is faithful.
(b) kill his wife and marry a young girl.
(c) share his wife with his cousin.
(d) lock his wife away in a tower.

4. What is the transgression of the abbess who is told in the middle of the night about a nun who has been caught with her lover?
(a) the abbess worships the Devil.
(b) the abbess is a vicious gossip.
(c) the abbess takes opium.
(d) the abbess also has a lover.

5. Where does Abraham insist on going to find out about Christianity?
(a) to a monastery.
(b) to Rome.
(c) to Jerusalem.
(d) to Antioch.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Pietro go to ply his trade?

2. What friendship does Monna Giovanna's son strike up in the country?

3. What results after Monna Lisetta believes Alberto's story and agrees to comply?

4. For what is Andreuccio di Pietro famous?

5. Why do the villagers look forward to the arrival of the monk from St. Anthony's monastery?

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