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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who murders Pericone, Alatiel's first lover?
(a) his cousin, Alberto.
(b) his brother, Marato.
(c) the sultan's soldiers.
(d) the captain of a ship.

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

3. What happens to Marato on board a ship?
(a) he is hung.
(b) he is shot.
(c) he is talked into selling Alatiel.
(d) he is thrown overboard.

4. 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's son who dies shortly after the wedding.
(d) a duke who beats her regularly.

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

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

7. What does Abraham observe among the church leaders in Rome?
(a) great humility with vows of poverty and celibacy.
(b) great piety and devotion to Jesus and the saints.
(c) greed, lust, lechery, and many other things that a man of God should not be a part of.
(d) strong examples of how to live a clean life.

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

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

10. Why does Constanzo leave the battle and return to the duke's house?
(a) he comes to protect the women and children.
(b) he changes his mind about fighting.
(c) he has fallen in love with Alatiel.
(d) he becomes deathly ill.

11. Who is the next rival for the favor of Alatiel?
(a) a prince who is a cousin of the duke.
(b) the emperor of Constantinople.
(c) a soldier in the prince's honor guard.
(d) a duke who is a cousin to the prince.

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

13. What does a monk see that ignites his temptation?
(a) a large cathedral.
(b) a bag of gold.
(c) a perfect diamond.
(d) a beautiful woman.

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Masetto interested in the gardening job?

2. Because of her vanity, what does Monna Lisetta do that soon allows all of Venice to know about her affair?

3. Who does Alibech eventually meet?

4. How many men actually had Alatiel before she was married?

5. What does Alibech find surprising?

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