The Decameron Test | Final Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 137 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Decameron Test | Final Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Baronci family of Florence noted for?
(a) their charity.
(b) their poverty.
(c) their beauty.
(d) their ugliness.

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

3. 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 look for some tools he forgot that morning.
(d) to spend more time with his wife.

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

5. What does Monna Giovanna discover after dinner?
(a) the falcon has gotten away.
(b) Frederico cannot part with his falcon.
(c) Frederico has sold his falcon.
(d) she has just eaten the very thing she desired.

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 is too simple to know his alphabet.
(c) he has shifty eyes like a criminal.
(d) he looks more like a chimney sweep.

7. 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.

8. 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 has super human strength.
(d) they pretend that he knows the future.

9. How do Gualtieri and his wife get back together?
(a) the marquis orders Gualtieri to take her back.
(b) she disguises herself and he takes her as a lover.
(c) he honors her after she passes all his tests.
(d) his children plead on their mother's behalf.

10. What promise does Brother Onion make to the villagers this time?
(a) to show them how to walk on water.
(b) to show them frakincense and myrrh.
(c) to show them a feather from the wings of Gabriel.
(d) to show them a relic of the cross.

11. What do the villagers know of the Brother from St. Anthony's who comes once a year?
(a) his life story since he was born in their village.
(b) his reputation as a great story teller.
(c) nothing except his words.
(d) what they have heard from travelers.

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

14. What is the relationship between Tingoccio Mini and Meuccio di Tura?
(a) they are brothers-in-law.
(b) they are cousins.
(c) they are best friends.
(d) they are mortal enemies.

15. Why does Frederigo leave the city for his farm?
(a) it is cheaper to live there.
(b) he will not have to see Monna Giovanna.
(c) the bill collectors will not find him there.
(d) it is a better place for his falcon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the Brother from St. Anthony's monastery travel each year to a nearby village?

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

3. What does Caterina beg her parents to allow her to do?

4. What is the avocation of Gualtieri, the son of a wealthy marquis in Saluzzo?

5. What does Peronella do shortly after her marriage?

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