View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What friendship does Monna Giovanna's son strike up in the country?
(a) with Frederico.
(b) with Falco.
(c) with Giovanni.
(d) with Fernando.

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

3. What does Don Gianni di Barolo have that shows his wealth?
(a) a wagon to transport his goods.
(b) a servant to transport his goods.
(c) a mare to transport his goods.
(d) a donkey to transport his goods.

4. With whom does Caterina fall in love?
(a) Juan Carlos da Vinci, a cousin of Lizio di Valbona.
(b) Berto della Massa, a notorious liar.
(c) Ricciardo Manardi da Brettinoro, a friend of Lizio di Valbona.
(d) Ricciardo Manardi da Brettinoro, an enemy of Lizio di Valbona.

5. What poses a problem for the two men who plan to play a trick on Brother Onion?
(a) his servant who guards the room.
(b) they do not know which room is his.
(c) his door is locked and there is no window.
(d) there are a group of monks standing outside his door.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Peronella tell her lover to hide?

2. What does Peronella's lover do while she supervises her husband?

3. What does Monna Giovanna determine to do?

4. Where does Tingoccio tell Meuccio he now is?

5. Why do the villagers look forward to the arrival of the monk from St. Anthony's monastery?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the result of Frederigo's attempts to impress Monna Giovanna?

2. When Calandrino finds what he thinks are magic rocks, what do Bruno and Buffalmacco decide to do.

3. What happens when the two men come to confess to Brother Onion what they had done.?

4. On the way home in the rain, what is Rabatta's insulting comment about his friend, Bondone?

5. Explain how Peronella gets away with having a lover.

6. When collecting alms from a nearby village, what does Brother Onion use to get the people to give freely?

7. How does Brother Onion recover when he takes the charcoal out of the box instead of the feather?

8. When two of Brother Onion's friends see him in the village proclaiming he will show a feather from the angel Gabriel, what do they plan to do?

9. What is the result of a man sneaking into an Abbess' cell after he has fallen in love with her?

10. What does Gualtieri do to assure himself that his wife, Griselda, is a worthy woman?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 725 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample