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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where does Ser Ciappelletto find lodging in Burgundy?
(a) with two Florentine brothers.
(b) in an expensive inn that Musciatto pays for.
(c) with a needy widow.
(d) with two Franciscan friars.

4. What is the discovery of Saladin, the Sultan of Babylon?
(a) his wives are wearing old clothes.
(b) his treasury is empty.
(c) his people are giving him too much respect.
(d) he has more money than he can use.

5. What name does Alberto give Monna Lisetta that indicates how bright she is?
(a) Lady Halfwit
(b) Lady Genius.
(c) Lady Copernicus.
(d) Lady Quickwit.

6. What tragedy befalls Alatiel?
(a) she is sold by her brothers for a great price.
(b) she is betrothed to an ugly old king.
(c) she is captured by pirates on the high seas.
(d) she is shipwrecked off the island of Majorca.

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

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

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

10. How does Monna Lisetta meet Brother Alberto?
(a) she comes to Brother Alberto to confess her sins.
(b) she is introduced by her sister.
(c) she hears him preach in church.
(d) see meets him in the market.

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

12. Who takes Alatiel from the sailor after the murder of the other sailor?
(a) a magician.
(b) a merchant.
(c) a bandit.
(d) a prince.

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

14. 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 is willing to sacrifice for her soul.
(c) she does not understand what Alberto is telling her.
(d) she thinks it is natural since she is so beautiful.

15. Because Monna Lisetta is so beautiful, what does Brother Alberto desire to do?
(a) marry her.
(b) sleep with her.
(c) find her a husband.
(d) make her a nun.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the foolish girl, Alibech, want to do?

2. Who determines to discover the real identity of Monna Lisetta's angel?

3. Where does Alibech sleep?

4. After Ghismunda chooses Guiscardo as her lover, what complicates their relationship?

5. What does Saladin plan to do when he visits Melchisedech?

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