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

2. What happens to Pietro when he stays the night at the woman's house?
(a) he becomes ill from poison in his food.
(b) he is arrested by the Naples police for soliciting.
(c) he is tied up, robbed, and dumped into a canal.
(d) he ends up naked on the street and locked out of the house.

3. Where does Alibech sleep?
(a) in Rustico's bed.
(b) outside the monastery.
(c) on the floor of Rustico's cell.
(d) in a closet in the monastery.

4. Why does Ghismunda not marry at a time when other girls her age have taken husbands?
(a) Her father refuses to look for a husband for her.
(b) She is caring for her father, Tancredi, in his old age.
(c) She never accepts the men her father brings home.
(d) She is homely and the men do not consider her.

5. What is Bondone's profession?
(a) he is a knight in the court.
(b) he is a prominent merchant.
(c) he is a noted composer.
(d) he is a noted artist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Caterina say she wants to hear at night?

2. Who does Alatiel eventually meet?

3. What does Saladin plan to do when he visits Melchisedech?

4. After the death of her husband, where does Monna Giovanna take her son?

5. What do the simple-minded Pietro and his wife want Don Gianni to do?

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