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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. With whom does Isabetta fall in love and begin an affair?
(a) the tutor who comes to give her lessons.
(b) the man who grooms her brothers' horses.
(c) Lorenzo, the man who takes care of much of the family business.
(d) the man who tends the family gardens.

2. What does a monk see that ignites his temptation?
(a) a bag of gold.
(b) a perfect diamond.
(c) a large cathedral.
(d) a beautiful woman.

3. How many men actually had Alatiel before she was married?
(a) nine.
(b) seventeen.
(c) five.
(d) twenty.

4. Who is Alatiel?
(a) the daughter of the sultan of Babylon.
(b) the princess betrothed to the sultan of Babylon.
(c) the favorite concubine of the sultan of Babylon.
(d) the wife of the sultan of Babylon.

5. What story does Alberto tell Monna Lisetta?
(a) that the Angel Gabriel wants to speak with her.
(b) that the Angel Gabriel has fallen in love with her.
(c) that the Angel Gabriel has been watching her undress.
(d) that the Angel Gabriel wants her to sleep with Alberto.

Short Answer Questions

1. What horrible thing does Tancredi do to his daughter?

2. Who comes to the aid of the duke when war is proclaimed?

3. What do the brothers do to Isabetta's lover?

4. What happens to Marato on board a ship?

5. Where does the first holy man send Alibech?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What bothers Brother Alberto about one of the women who comes to him for confession?

3. What is the ambition of Alibech and where does it take her?

4. After becoming a widow shortly after her marriage, what does Ghismunda see her father, Tancredi, has no plans of doing?

5. How does Tancredi discover the affair between Ghismunda and Guiscardo?

6. Why does Andreuccio di Pietro travel to Naples?

7. How does Andreuccio become the victim of a scam in Naples?

8. How does Masetto come to the attention of the abbess?

9. How does the handsome Masetto manage to become the gardener for a convent of eight nuns and an abbess?

10. What happens that returns Alibech to her village?

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