2. Why is Masetto interested in the gardening job?
(a) for the freedoms it allows.
(b) because he is so religious.
(c) because he is too ugly to work anywhere else.
(d) because he has been out of work for a long time.

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

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

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

6. Why does Abraham conclude that the Christian religion is strong and will last?
(a) it leads the way in educating the people.
(b) it survives the excesses of the clergy.
(c) it accomodates Jews.
(d) it has very beautiful churches.

7. For what is Andreuccio di Pietro famous?
(a) for knowing many kings.
(b) for finding lost treasure.
(c) for dealing in rare jewels.
(d) for buying and selling horses.

8. 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 working too hard in the orchard.
(d) he has been servicing eight nuns and is tired.

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

10. How many men actually had Alatiel before she was married?
(a) nine.
(b) seventeen.
(c) twenty.
(d) five.

11. What story does Alberto tell Monna Lisetta?
(a) that the Angel Gabriel has been watching her undress.
(b) that the Angel Gabriel wants her to sleep with Alberto.
(c) that the Angel Gabriel has fallen in love with her.
(d) that the Angel Gabriel wants to speak with her.

12. What is the premise of the novel that results in rounds of story telling?
(a) 7 young women and 3 men leave Florence to escape the plague.
(b) 7 men and 3 young women leave Rome to escape the plague.
(c) 7 women and 7 men go on holiday together.
(d) 7 women and 3 children are banished from Florence society.

13. Eventually, who does Ghismunda marry as arranged by her father?
(a) her father's best friend.
(b) a merchant who does not require a dowry.
(c) a duke who beats her regularly.
(d) a duke's son who dies shortly after the wedding.

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

15. What does the foolish girl, Alibech, want to do?
(a) learn about sex.
(b) to find one who can teach the ways of the Lord.
(c) prove there is no God.
(d) become a warrior for God.