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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Masetto return to his village of Lamporecchio?
(a) after he has finished landscaping the garden.
(b) after a new, younger gardener arrives.
(c) after the death of the abbess.
(d) after several of the nuns get pregnant.

2. What name does Alberto give Monna Lisetta that indicates how bright she is?
(a) Lady Copernicus.
(b) Lady Halfwit
(c) Lady Genius.
(d) Lady Quickwit.

3. What do the women tell Alibech?
(a) they want to learn how to serve God, too.
(b) she cannot serve God with their husbands.
(c) there are plenty of men who will help her serve God.
(d) she is a stupid girl who trusts men.

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

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

6. What horrible thing does Tancredi do to his daughter?
(a) he lockes her in her room until he dies.
(b) he takes away all her clothes so she cannot go outside.
(c) he makes her witness the beheading of Guiscardo.
(d) he chops up Guiscardo's heart and has it prepared for her.

7. Why does the abbot never punish the monk?
(a) because he feared the community would reject the monastery.
(b) because he had the woman as well.
(c) because the monk caught him with a boy.
(d) because he could not prove what the monk had done.

8. What results after Monna Lisetta believes Alberto's story and agrees to comply?
(a) Alberto has to find a suitable place.
(b) Alberto gets cold feet and calls it off.
(c) Monna Lisetta only complies when wearing a blindfold.
(d) they carry on an affair for quite some time.

9. Who does Pietro take up with after he loses all his money and clothes?
(a) some highwaymen.
(b) some grave robbers.
(c) some sorcerers.
(d) some gamblers.

10. Why does Musciatto Franzesi choose Ser Ciappelletto to handle debts and trade?
(a) He thinks Ser Ciappelletto is a bit stupid.
(b) He fears the unscrupulous behavior of the Burgundians.
(c) He thinks Ser Ciappelletto is rich enough not to steal from him.
(d) He wants a totally honest man to run his business.

11. Who discovers what the monk is doing?
(a) the other monks in the monastery.
(b) the gardener.
(c) the woman's husband.
(d) the abbot of the monastery.

12. When Abraham returns, what does he want to do that surprises Giannotto?
(a) he wants to confront a rabbi.
(b) he wants to reaffirm his Jewish faith.
(c) he wants to become a monk.
(d) he wants to convert to Christianity.

13. How does Ser Ciappelletto get a priest to absolve him?
(a) he confesses under an assumed name.
(b) he becomes seriously penitent for his past sins.
(c) he makes a large donation to the church.
(d) he lies about everything in his past life.

14. What arrangement does Alberto say is necessary for Gabriel to sleep with Monna Lisetta?
(a) the angel will have to use Alberto's body.
(b) Monna Lisetta must keep her eyes closed.
(c) Alberto will have to tie her to the bedposts.
(d) Alberto must be present to witness Gabriel's actions.

15. 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 ends up naked on the street and locked out of the house.
(c) he is tied up, robbed, and dumped into a canal.
(d) he is arrested by the Naples police for soliciting.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Rustico agree to allow Alibech to remain with him?

2. What does Rustico tell Alibech she must do to serve God?

3. Where does Alibech sleep?

4. Who takes the place of the prince and seeks revenge on the duke?

5. Why does Berto della Massa go to Venice and take on the identity of Brother Alberto?

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