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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom does Isabetta fall in love and begin an affair?
(a) the man who grooms her brothers' horses.
(b) Lorenzo, the man who takes care of much of the family business.
(c) the man who tends the family gardens.
(d) the tutor who comes to give her lessons.

2. When Calandrino finds what he thinks are magic stones, how do his friends play a trick on him?
(a) they pretend that he knows the future.
(b) they pretend that he can read their minds.
(c) they pretend that he has super human strength.
(d) they pretend that he is invisible.

3. What does the foolish Alibech think she is doing when she allows the monk to have his way with her?
(a) keeping the devil from leaving Rustico's cell.
(b) putting Rustico's devil into her hell.
(c) hiding the devil from Rustico's hell.
(d) taking the lust out of Rustico's devil.

4. How does a prostitute deceive Pietro?
(a) by claiming to be his long lost sister.
(b) by claiming to be a fortune teller.
(c) by claiming to be his late brother's mistress.
(d) by cliaming to be in great distress.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Monna Giovanna's son want to possess?

2. Where do the two men who played the trick go the next day?

3. What is the discovery of Saladin, the Sultan of Babylon?

4. As they travel along, what do Rabatta and Bondone begin to do?

5. What do the nuns begin to do with Masetto?

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