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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 never accepts the men her father brings home.
(d) She is homely and the men do not consider her.

3. Tiring of Monna Lisetta's vain confessions, what does Brother Alberto do?
(a) he refuses her absolution.
(b) he plugs up his ears.
(c) he runs when he sees her coming.
(d) he reproaches her.

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

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

6. What does Tancredi have done to Guiscardo after he learns of his affair with Ghismunda?
(a) Guiscardo is forced into exile.
(b) Guiscardo is sent to prison.
(c) Guiscardo is made to pay money for his transgression.
(d) Guiscardo is murdered and his heart cut out.

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

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 Saladin honor Melchisedech?
(a) he builds him a palace.
(b) he makes him his regent.
(c) he takes him to the court of Babylon.
(d) he makes him his chamberlain.

10. What happens to Pietro when he stays the night at the woman's house?
(a) he becomes ill from poison in his food.
(b) he is arrested by the Naples police for soliciting.
(c) he is tied up, robbed, and dumped into a canal.
(d) he ends up naked on the street and locked out of the house.

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

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

13. With whom does Isabetta fall in love and begin an affair?
(a) the man who tends the family gardens.
(b) the tutor who comes to give her lessons.
(c) Lorenzo, the man who takes care of much of the family business.
(d) the man who grooms her brothers' horses.

14. What are the three holy laws Saladin challenges Melchisedech to name as the one with the most truths?
(a) the law of Nature, of the Gods, or the Professors.
(b) the law of the church, the state, or the royalty.
(c) the law of the Christians, the Jews, or the Hindus.
(d) the law of the Jews, Saracens, or Christians.

15. Why is Masetto interested in the gardening job?
(a) for the freedoms it allows.
(b) because he is so religious.
(c) because he has been out of work for a long time.
(d) because he is too ugly to work anywhere else.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the nuns begin to do with Masetto?

2. Where does Abraham insist on going to find out about Christianity?

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

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

5. Who discovers what the monk is doing?

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