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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the marquis displeased with his son?
(a) Gualtieri has a desire to become a friar.
(b) Gualtieri has a preference for men.
(c) Gualtieri has shown no interest in marriage.
(d) Gualtieri has a lover who is married.

2. What does Monna Giovanna's son want to possess?
(a) Frederico's horse.
(b) Frederico's farm.
(c) Frederico's daughter.
(d) Frederico's falcon.

3. How does the wayward nun respond to the abbess' reprimand?
(a) she is immediately contrite.
(b) she dies suddenly.
(c) she hides her face in shame.
(d) she is unrepentant.

4. When Calandrino finds what he thinks are magic stones, how do his friends play a trick on him?
(a) they pretend that he can read their minds.
(b) they pretend that he has super human strength.
(c) they pretend that he knows the future.
(d) they pretend that he is invisible.

5. What is Rabatta's profession?
(a) he is a master sculptor.
(b) he is a noted university teacher.
(c) he is a cleric.
(d) he is an expert in jurisprudence.

6. What friendship does Monna Giovanna's son strike up in the country?
(a) with Giovanni.
(b) with Falco.
(c) with Fernando.
(d) with Frederico.

7. At what point does Pietro speak and break the spell?
(a) when he asks his wife if she now feels like a mare.
(b) when he objects to where Gianni places the tail on his wife.
(c) when he asks to place the tail on his wife himself.
(d) when he asks Gianni to repeat placing the tail.

8. What does the abbess intend to do when she confronts the wayward nun?
(a) take her confession.
(b) give her a stern lecture.
(c) send her and everyone back to bed.
(d) console her.

9. What story does Gianni tell to excuse himself from taking Pietro's bed that night?
(a) he claims to be able to sleep while on his mare.
(b) he claims to have a spell to turn hay into a bed.
(c) he claims to know a spell that will turn his mare into a woman.
(d) he claims to have a spell that turns himself into a horse.

10. What does the abbess mistake for her veil in the darkness?
(a) her lover's pants.
(b) a table cloth.
(c) the bed sheet.
(d) a pair of bloomers.

11. When Rabatta and Bondone meet on the road to Florence, what happens to cause them to seek shelter?
(a) it starts to rain.
(b) a high wind begins to blow.
(c) the night falls suddenly.
(d) highwaymen are spotted.

12. After Tingoccio dies, what does he do that he had promised Meuccio in life?
(a) haunt Meuccio's wife.
(b) return to tell what it is like after death.
(c) show himself to the evil monk in the village.
(d) return to light candles in the church.

13. Where do the two men who played the trick go the next day?
(a) to hear Brother Onion's sermon.
(b) to wait outside the church.
(c) to hide in the confessional.
(d) to wait up in a tree.

14. What is the name of the Brother from the monastery of St. Anthony that is the same as the name of a vegetable?
(a) Brother Endive.
(b) Brother Kale.
(c) Brother Carrot.
(d) Brother Onion.

15. What is Bondone's profession?
(a) he is a noted artist.
(b) he is a knight in the court.
(c) he is a prominent merchant.
(d) he is a noted composer.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Calandrino know that he no longer has magic powers?

2. How does Peronella explain the man who is in the barrel?

3. What reason does Caterina give for wanting to change her sleeping arrangements?

4. When Gualtieri finally marries, what does he decide to do?

5. What does Don Gianni di Barolo have that shows his wealth?

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