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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Saladin go to Melchisedech?
(a) he is a Jewish money lender.
(b) he is a wise fortune teller.
(c) he is a high priest.
(d) he has a map of great treasure.

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

3. What results from Ser Ciappelletto's confession?
(a) he is discovered to be a liar.
(b) he becomes thought of as a saint.
(c) he survives for another twenty years.
(d) he is forced to give up all his wealth.

4. Where do Constanza and Alatiel go after they leave Athens?
(a) Babylon.
(b) France.
(c) Alexandria.
(d) Turkey.

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

6. What does Ghismunda do when she sees her father will not look for another husband for her?
(a) she goes into the desert.
(b) she leaves her father's house.
(c) she seeks out a lover.
(d) she joins a convent.

7. What does Pietro end up with that is worth more than the money he lost?
(a) a bag of silver.
(b) a prize horse.
(c) a gold crown.
(d) a ruby ring.

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

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

10. When Ciappelletto becomes gravely ill, what do the brothers think?
(a) they can steal his money after he dies.
(b) no one would blame them for turning him out of their house.
(c) they might have to take him back to Paris.
(d) no priest would ever absolve a man as evil as Ciappelletto.

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

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

13. Why does Berto della Massa go to Venice and take on the identity of Brother Alberto?
(a) he wants to find out what monks do in their cells.
(b) he plans to steal gold from the church.
(c) he is such a liar that no one will have dealings with him.
(d) he is wanted for murder.

14. What does Giannotto di Civigni want to do?
(a) visit his friend, Abraham, in Jerusalem.
(b) convert his Jewish friend, Abraham, to Christianity.
(c) go into business with his friend, Abraham.
(d) become a Jew like his friend, Abraham.

15. What do the nuns begin to do with Masetto?
(a) take advantage of him to find out what sex is like.
(b) hide his clothes while he is sleeping.
(c) make him dance for them in the garden.
(d) watch him work without his shirt on.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who murders Pericone, Alatiel's first lover?

2. What are the three holy laws Saladin challenges Melchisedech to name as the one with the most truths?

3. What causes the women of Alibech's town to laugh when she returns after the deaths of her family members?

4. Who is Alatiel?

5. Why does Ghismunda not marry at a time when other girls her age have taken husbands?

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