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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the Brother from St. Anthony's monastery travel each year to a nearby village?
(a) to give alms.
(b) to take confessions.
(c) to feed the poor.
(d) to collect alms.

2. When the weather does not change, what do Rabatta and Bondone decide to do?
(a) go back the way they came.
(b) stay the night.
(c) continue their trek.
(d) rent a carriage.

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

4. While Peronella's husband is inside cleaning the barrel, what is Peronella doing?
(a) trying to think where her lover will get the money.
(b) rushing her lover out of the house.
(c) scolding her husband for leaving work.
(d) bending over the barrel to supervise.

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

6. What do the simple-minded Pietro and his wife want Don Gianni to do?
(a) turn their donkey into a mare.
(b) cast a spell that will turn the wife into a mare.
(c) cast a spell to enlarge their house.
(d) teach them how to cast spells.

7. 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 is invisible.
(c) they pretend that he knows the future.
(d) they pretend that he has super human strength.

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. What is the passion of Frederigo, a man of noble birth who squanders his fortune for the love of Monna Giovanna?
(a) a herd of prize sheep.
(b) a prize bull.
(c) a fabulous steed.
(d) a prize falcon.

15. 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?
(a) the abbess worships the Devil.
(b) the abbess also has a lover.
(c) the abbess takes opium.
(d) the abbess is a vicious gossip.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Caterina say she wants to hear at night?

2. Who discovers the two lovers the next morning in their compromising situation?

3. How does Frederigo waste his fortune?

4. What warning does Don Gianni give the couple before he casts his spell?

5. What do the men leave in Brother Onion's room?

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