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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Ghismunda chooses Guiscardo as her lover, what complicates their relationship?
(a) Guiscardo's father is Tancredi's mortal enemy.
(b) Ghismunda becomes pregnant.
(c) they must meet in secret.
(d) they have nowhere to meet.

2. Who takes Alatiel from the sailor after the murder of the other sailor?
(a) a bandit.
(b) a merchant.
(c) a magician.
(d) a prince.

3. Where does Ser Ciappelletto find lodging in Burgundy?
(a) with two Franciscan friars.
(b) with two Florentine brothers.
(c) with a needy widow.
(d) in an expensive inn that Musciatto pays for.

4. Why does the first holy man send Alibech away?
(a) he tells her everything he has to tell.
(b) she asks too many questions disturbing his meditations.
(c) she is too stupid to learn his truths.
(d) she is beautiful and he cannot trust himself around her.

5. Who determines to discover the real identity of Monna Lisetta's angel?
(a) her in-laws.
(b) her brothers.
(c) the abbot of the monastery.
(d) the next door neighbors.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Alibech eventually meet?

2. What does Pietro end up with that is worth more than the money he lost?

3. What does Ghismunda do with Guiscardo's heart?

4. What happens to Marato on board a ship?

5. How does Monna Lisetta meet Brother Alberto?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Andreuccio di Pietro travel to Naples?

2. What means of entertainment do the young people devise?

3. How does Ciappelletto become aware of the brothers' situation?

4. What do the village women tell Alibech after she explains how she put the devil back into hell with Rustico.

5. What eventually transpires between Masetto and one of the nuns?

6. How does Alatiel eventually end up with the king of Algarve?

7. What do the brothers think when they hear Ciappelletto's confession?

8. How does Andreuccio turn the tales on the two robbers?

9. What happens that returns Alibech to her village?

10. What happens to Alatiel after she is taken to safety?

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