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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. Why does Berto della Massa go to Venice and take on the identity of Brother Alberto?
(a) he is wanted for murder.
(b) he wants to find out what monks do in their cells.
(c) he plans to steal gold from the church.
(d) he is such a liar that no one will have dealings with him.

2. Where do Constanza and Alatiel go after they leave Athens?
(a) France.
(b) Alexandria.
(c) Babylon.
(d) Turkey.

3. What does Rustico tell Alibech she must do to serve God?
(a) to put the devil back into hell.
(b) to sleep naked in Rustico's bed.
(c) to chastize the devil with her tongue.
(d) to give herself to God's priest.

4. Why does the abbot never punish the monk?
(a) because he could not prove what the monk had done.
(b) because the monk caught him with a boy.
(c) because he feared the community would reject the monastery.
(d) because he had the woman as well.

5. Eventually, who does Ghismunda marry as arranged by her father?
(a) a duke's son who dies shortly after the wedding.
(b) a duke who beats her regularly.
(c) a merchant who does not require a dowry.
(d) her father's best friend.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Saladin honor Melchisedech?

2. After Ghismunda chooses Guiscardo as her lover, what complicates their relationship?

3. Why is Masetto interested in the gardening job?

4. Why is Alatiel not happy with the duke after they go to Athens?

5. Where does the monk take a woman?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ghismunda end her life?

2. What happens when the secret of Masetto's affair with the nun gets out?

3. Who takes Andreuccio into a scheme to make easy money?

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

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

6. Why does Isabetta cry over a pot of basil?

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

8. Describe the happy occasion for Alatiel as she prepares to get married.

9. Why is it so easy for Berto della Massa to take on the persona of Brother Alberto, a minor friar?

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

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