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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) her father, the sultan, triples her dowry.
(c) she promises to produce a male heir.
(d) she keeps her secrets from everyone.

2. Who does Alatiel eventually meet?
(a) the King of Cyprus who recognizes her.
(b) the King of France who recognizes her.
(c) the Prince of Wales who recognizes her.
(d) the sultan of Brunei who recognizes her.

3. Why does Nuto leave the convent where he was the gardener?
(a) the salary was too low and he got conflicting orders.
(b) he got too old to tend the garden.
(c) he had an accident so he could no longer work.
(d) the work was too difficult for him.

4. What does Nuto suggest Masetto do to get the job?
(a) wear a bandana over his face.
(b) pretend he is a deaf mute.
(c) dress in fine clothes to apply for the job.
(d) let the abbess see him without his shirt.

5. Where does Pietro go to ply his trade?
(a) Tuscany.
(b) Florence.
(c) Naples.
(d) Rome.

6. What does Rustico tell Alibech she must do to serve God?
(a) to give herself to God's priest.
(b) to chastize the devil with her tongue.
(c) to sleep naked in Rustico's bed.
(d) to put the devil back into hell.

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

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

9. Why is Masetto sleeping in the garden when the abbess finds him and begins to lust after him?
(a) he is lazy and is taking rest in the orchard.
(b) he has been drinking the nun's wine.
(c) he has been servicing eight nuns and is tired.
(d) he has been working too hard in the orchard.

10. Why does Giannotto think it is so necessary to convert Abraham?
(a) he cannot be openly friends with Abraham as long as he is a Jew.
(b) he needs to have saved one soul before the year is out.
(c) unless Abraham converts to Christianity, he is sure to go to hell.
(d) unless he converts Abraham, he cannot go to heaven himself.

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

12. Who takes the place of the prince and seeks revenge on the duke?
(a) the prince's father.
(b) the prince's brother.
(c) the prince's sister.
(d) the prince's son.

13. What does Ghismunda do with Guiscardo's heart?
(a) she hides it under her bed.
(b) she mixes it with poison herbs, takes it, and dies.
(c) she buries it under a rose bush.
(d) she keeps it in a silver box in her room.

14. How can Berto so easily convince people that he has taken on the vows of poverty and chastity?
(a) because he never speaks.
(b) because he is such an accomplished liar.
(c) because he genuinely wants to change.
(d) because no one in Vanice knows him.

15. What causes the women of Alibech's town to laugh when she returns after the deaths of her family members?
(a) she tells them how she has been serving God.
(b) she tells them that she fell in love with a monk.
(c) she tells them that she has a hell to hide the Devil.
(d) she tells them that she met God in the desert.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Isabetta learn of Lorenzo's fate?

3. What does Pietro end up with that is worth more than the money he lost?

4. Where does Abraham insist on going to find out about Christianity?

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

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