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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Don Gianni di Barolo have that shows his wealth?
(a) a servant to transport his goods.
(b) a wagon to transport his goods.
(c) a mare to transport his goods.
(d) a donkey to transport his goods.

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

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

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

5. How does Rabatta insult Bondone?
(a) by saying he is so ugly a mirror breaks when he looks in.
(b) by saying it is good that he is not an artist's model.
(c) by saying that he should paint his face to hide the ugly.
(d) by saying a look at him and no one would guess he is an artist.

6. What does Frederico, now a poor man, determine to do when Monna Giovanna comes calling?
(a) declare his love for her.
(b) cook the falcon to serve her for dinner.
(c) order her off his property.
(d) hide from her.

7. Who are Calandrino, Bruno and Buffalmacco?
(a) three simpletons who work as painters.
(b) three wizards to look for the magic heliotrope.
(c) three friends who rob travelers.
(d) three monks who learn alchemy.

8. What does Caterina beg her parents to allow her to do?
(a) to sleep in another part of the house.
(b) to sleep in a room by herself.
(c) to sleep under an arbor in the garden.
(d) to sleep on the balcony outside her bedroom.

9. What do the men leave in Brother Onion's room?
(a) a bag full of onions.
(b) a map to the place where they plan to hide the feather.
(c) a box with a piece of charcoal in it.
(d) a book with blank pages.

10. How does Frederigo waste his fortune?
(a) on travel to exotic places to impress Monna Giovanna.
(b) on jousts and other things to impress Monna Giovanna.
(c) on jewels and gifts to impress Monna Giovanna.
(d) on elaborate parties to impress Monna Giovanna.

11. Why has Peronella's husband come home in the middle of the day?
(a) to spend more time with his wife.
(b) to get something to eat.
(c) to sell the barrel that takes up room in their house.
(d) to look for some tools he forgot that morning.

12. What poses a problem for the two men who plan to play a trick on Brother Onion?
(a) his door is locked and there is no window.
(b) there are a group of monks standing outside his door.
(c) they do not know which room is his.
(d) his servant who guards the room.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Caterina fall in love?

2. What does Monna Giovanna determine to do?

3. What story does Gianni tell to excuse himself from taking Pietro's bed that night?

4. 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?

5. While Peronella's husband is inside cleaning the barrel, what is Peronella doing?

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