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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where does Pietro go to ply his trade?
(a) Tuscany.
(b) Naples.
(c) Rome.
(d) Florence.
2. What happens to Pietro when he stays the night at the woman's house?
(a) he ends up naked on the street and locked out of the house.
(b) he is tied up, robbed, and dumped into a canal.
(c) he is arrested by the Naples police for soliciting.
(d) he becomes ill from poison in his food.
3. Why does Constanzo leave the battle and return to the duke's house?
(a) he becomes deathly ill.
(b) he has fallen in love with Alatiel.
(c) he comes to protect the women and children.
(d) he changes his mind about fighting.
4. Where does the monk take a woman?
(a) to his cell.
(b) to an inn.
(c) to a garden.
(d) to her bedroom.
5. How does Monna Lisetta respond to the idea that the Angel Gabriel wants her?
(a) she is shocked and tells Alberto to leave at once.
(b) she does not understand what Alberto is telling her.
(c) she is willing to sacrifice for her soul.
(d) she thinks it is natural since she is so beautiful.
6. What horrible thing does Tancredi do to his daughter?
(a) he makes her witness the beheading of Guiscardo.
(b) he chops up Guiscardo's heart and has it prepared for her.
(c) he lockes her in her room until he dies.
(d) he takes away all her clothes so she cannot go outside.
7. Who comes to the aid of the duke when war is proclaimed?
(a) Constantinople.
(b) Constanzo.
(c) Conception.
(d) Consuelo.
8. Who takes the place of the prince and seeks revenge on the duke?
(a) the prince's sister.
(b) the prince's father.
(c) the prince's son.
(d) the prince's brother.
9. What does Ghismunda do when she sees her father will not look for another husband for her?
(a) she seeks out a lover.
(b) she goes into the desert.
(c) she leaves her father's house.
(d) she joins a convent.
10. What name does Alberto give Monna Lisetta that indicates how bright she is?
(a) Lady Copernicus.
(b) Lady Quickwit.
(c) Lady Genius.
(d) Lady Halfwit
11. What does Abraham observe among the church leaders in Rome?
(a) great humility with vows of poverty and celibacy.
(b) strong examples of how to live a clean life.
(c) greed, lust, lechery, and many other things that a man of God should not be a part of.
(d) great piety and devotion to Jesus and the saints.
12. What are the three holy laws Saladin challenges Melchisedech to name as the one with the most truths?
(a) the law of the Jews, Saracens, or Christians.
(b) the law of Nature, of the Gods, or the Professors.
(c) the law of the Christians, the Jews, or the Hindus.
(d) the law of the church, the state, or the royalty.
13. 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.
14. What does the foolish girl, Alibech, want to do?
(a) prove there is no God.
(b) learn about sex.
(c) to find one who can teach the ways of the Lord.
(d) become a warrior for God.
15. Why does Musciatto Franzesi choose Ser Ciappelletto to handle debts and trade?
(a) He fears the unscrupulous behavior of the Burgundians.
(b) He thinks Ser Ciappelletto is a bit stupid.
(c) He thinks Ser Ciappelletto is rich enough not to steal from him.
(d) He wants a totally honest man to run his business.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why do the nuns keep Masetto in the convent for many years?
2. What does Ghismunda do with Guiscardo's heart?
3. How does Alatiel manage to marry the King of Algarve after all?
4. Eventually, who does Ghismunda marry as arranged by her father?
5. Why does Berto della Massa go to Venice and take on the identity of Brother Alberto?
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