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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What arrangement does Alberto say is necessary for Gabriel to sleep with Monna Lisetta?
(a) Monna Lisetta must keep her eyes closed.
(b) the angel will have to use Alberto's body.
(c) Alberto must be present to witness Gabriel's actions.
(d) Alberto will have to tie her to the bedposts.

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

7. Where does Alibech set out on her quest?
(a) she goes alone to Jerusalem.
(b) she goes alone to study in Alexandria.
(c) she goes alone to Greece.
(d) she goes alone to explore the Egyptian desert.

8. How does the monk trick the abbot?
(a) he lets the woman out through his window.
(b) he brings another woman for the abbot.
(c) he leaves the woman alone in his cell.
(d) he convinces the abbot he is seeing things.

9. Where does the first holy man send Alibech?
(a) to a holy man who is supposedly more learned than the first.
(b) to a blind holy man who will not be tempted by her beauty.
(c) to a married holy man who will look on Alibech as a daughter.
(d) to a holy man who is paralyzed from the waist down.

10. Who determines who will tell the stories on each successive night?
(a) the group by popular vote.
(b) the person chosen as queen or king for the next night.
(c) the oldest of the 7 women and 3 men.
(d) the last person to tell a stroy the night before.

11. 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.

12. What does Rustico tell Alibech to do?
(a) lift her skirts to let him see her sin.
(b) cover her eyes while he undresses.
(c) watch as he removes his clothes.
(d) do like him and remove her clothes.

13. Why does the first holy man send Alibech away?
(a) he tells her everything he has to tell.
(b) she is too stupid to learn his truths.
(c) she asks too many questions disturbing his meditations.
(d) she is beautiful and he cannot trust himself around her.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes to the aid of the duke when war is proclaimed?

2. Who does Alatiel eventually meet?

3. Who takes Alatiel from the sailor after the murder of the other sailor?

4. What horrible thing does Tancredi do to his daughter?

5. After the trouble at sea, what happens to the men who love Alatiel?

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