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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) half her estate.
(b) her jewels.
(c) a chance to please her now.
(d) money.

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

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

4. Where does Tingoccio tell Meuccio he now is?
(a) in Hell for having an affair.
(b) in Heaven eating ambrosia with the angels.
(c) in limbo waiting for his judgment.
(d) in Purgatory explaining away his past sins.

5. After a night of making love, what happens to the couple?
(a) they fall asleep.
(b) they slip back into the house.
(c) they cannot find their clothes.
(d) they wait until Caterina's father leaves the house.

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

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

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

9. What happens when Ricciardo learns of Caterina's love for him?
(a) Caterina and Ricciardo begin an affair.
(b) Caterina and Ricciardo elope to Venice.
(c) Ricciardo asks for her hand in marriage.
(d) Caterina plays hard to get.

10. 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) what they have heard from travelers.
(d) nothing except his words.

11. 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 watch her in the moonlight.
(c) to get to the balcony through a window.
(d) to sing love songs to her beneath the balcony.

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

13. For what crime does Tingoccio tell Meuccio that there is no real punishment?
(a) for beating his wife.
(b) for stealing loaves of bread.
(c) for lusting after beautiful girls.
(d) for having the affair with the mother of his godson.

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

15. What do the two men who know Brother Onion plan to do?
(a) glue the lid shut on the box containing the feather.
(b) exchange the feather for a turkey feather.
(c) slip into his room and steal the feather.
(d) exchange the white feather for a black one.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rabatta insult Bondone?

2. Who are Calandrino, Bruno and Buffalmacco?

3. 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?

4. How does he explain the charcoal?

5. What is the Baronci family of Florence noted for?

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