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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Gianni have the wife do before casting his spell?
(a) she has to whinny like a mare.
(b) she has to remove her clothes and prance around the room.
(c) she has to put a blindfold on her husband.
(d) she has to remove her clothes and get down on all fours.

6. What does Bondone say people would think after looking at Rabatta?
(a) he is so ugly he has to slip up on water to get a drink.
(b) he looks more like a chimney sweep.
(c) he has shifty eyes like a criminal.
(d) he is too simple to know his alphabet.

7. How does he explain the charcoal?
(a) that it is a relic of St. Lorenzo who was burned at the stake.
(b) that it is a relic from the destruction of Jerusalem.
(c) that it is a relic of the destruction of Sodom.
(d) that it is a relic from a fire where Jesus warmed his hands.

8. When does Peronella's lover come to visit her?
(a) at night after her husband falls asleep.
(b) when Peronella gives sleeping powder to her husband.
(c) in the daytime when her husband is at work.
(d) on the days her husband goes to the next village.

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

10. How does Calandrino know that he no longer has magic powers?
(a) when his wife leaves him for a lover.
(b) when his wife can see him and scolds him for being late.
(c) when his wife finds the stones and throws them out.
(d) when his wife breaks a mirror over his head.

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

12. With whom does Caterina fall in love?
(a) Ricciardo Manardi da Brettinoro, a friend of Lizio di Valbona.
(b) Berto della Massa, a notorious liar.
(c) Ricciardo Manardi da Brettinoro, an enemy of Lizio di Valbona.
(d) Juan Carlos da Vinci, a cousin of Lizio di Valbona.

13. What is the avocation of Gualtieri, the son of a wealthy marquis in Saluzzo?
(a) he chases all the pretty girls in the village.
(b) he spends his days hunting and hawking.
(c) he paints pictures of unclothed young girls.
(d) he drinks every day in the tavern.

14. What euphemism does the story teller use for "the thing you are ashamed to mention among men?"
(a) the branch.
(b) the nightingale.
(c) the bower.
(d) the flower.

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. What is the transgression of the abbess who is told in the middle of the night about a nun who has been caught with her lover?

2. Who are Calandrino, Bruno and Buffalmacco?

3. What do Messer Forese da Rabatta and Giotto di Bondone have in common with the Baronci family?

4. What does Monna Giovanna discover after dinner?

5. What causes Brother Onion's servant to leave his post?

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