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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Ricciardo's plan after Caterina makes her bed on the balcony?
(a) to climb the wall and join her in her bed.
(b) to get to the balcony through a window.
(c) to sing love songs to her beneath the balcony.
(d) to watch her in the moonlight.

2. What does Monna Giovanna offer Frederico for the fortune he lost trying to please her?
(a) her jewels.
(b) half her estate.
(c) money.
(d) a chance to please her now.

3. What do Messer Forese da Rabatta and Giotto di Bondone have in common with the Baronci family?
(a) they are religious.
(b) they are ugly.
(c) they are Napalitans.
(d) they are Romans.

4. When Don Gianni visit the house of the poor Pietro da Tresanti, what is the situation?
(a) the house contains the stable.
(b) there is not enough food in the house.
(c) there are no chairs in the house.
(d) there is only one bed in the house.

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

6. When Gualtieri finally marries, what does he decide to do?
(a) lock his wife away in a tower.
(b) test his wife to see if she is faithful.
(c) kill his wife and marry a young girl.
(d) share his wife with his cousin.

7. What do the other nuns expect the abbess to do to the nun with a lover?
(a) send her to her village.
(b) give her a vacation.
(c) forgive her.
(d) punish her.

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

9. What does Caterina say she wants to hear at night?
(a) the troubadors.
(b) the nightingale.
(c) the breeze in the trees.
(d) the crickets.

10. What is the occupation of the man Peronella marries?
(a) a carpenter.
(b) a stone mason.
(c) a blacksmith.
(d) a wood cutter.

11. With whom does Tingoccio have an affair?
(a) the wife of his nearest neighbor.
(b) Meuccio's wife.
(c) the woman who is the mother of Tingoccio's godson.
(d) Meuccio's daughter.

12. What warning does Don Gianni give the couple before he casts his spell?
(a) if they speak, the spell will be broken.
(b) if they look the spell will be broken.
(c) if they write anything the spell will be broken.
(d) if they do not comply the spell will be broken.

13. What suddenly happens to Monna Giovanna's son?
(a) he commits a crime.
(b) he runs away to the city.
(c) he falls in love with a farm girl.
(d) he becomes ill.

14. As they travel along, what do Rabatta and Bondone begin to do?
(a) sing songs to keep up their courage.
(b) discuss their respective businesses.
(c) play a guessing game.
(d) insult each other about their looks.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the simple-minded Pietro and his wife want Don Gianni to do?

2. Who are Don Gianni di Barolo and Pietro da Tresanti?

3. How are Peronella and her lover surprised one afternoon?

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

5. What do the villagers know of the Brother from St. Anthony's who comes once a year?

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