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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. What does Gianni have the wife do before casting his spell?
(a) she has to whinny like a mare.
(b) she has to remove her clothes and prance around the room.
(c) she has to remove her clothes and get down on all fours.
(d) she has to put a blindfold on her husband.

2. On the road, how do Rabatta and Bondone dress?
(a) as traveling jesters.
(b) as magistrates.
(c) as penniless peasants.
(d) as knights.

3. When the weather does not change, what do Rabatta and Bondone decide to do?
(a) stay the night.
(b) go back the way they came.
(c) continue their trek.
(d) rent a carriage.

4. What reason does Caterina give for wanting to change her sleeping arrangements?
(a) she says she likes to sleep under the stars.
(b) she says it is too hot in her bed and she cannot sleep.
(c) she says she is all grown up now.
(d) she says the fresh night air is good for her.

5. Why do the villagers look forward to the arrival of the monk from St. Anthony's monastery?
(a) they like to hear his stories.
(b) they have a feast when he comes.
(c) they know he brings gifts.
(d) they like to help the monks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the somewhat spoiled Caterina?

2. After a night of making love, what happens to the couple?

3. What story does Gianni tell to excuse himself from taking Pietro's bed that night?

4. When Gualtieri finally marries, what does he decide to do?

5. After the death of her husband, where does Monna Giovanna take her son?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Don Gianni di Barolo have his way with the wife of Pietro da Tresanti while Pietro looks on?

3. Although Frederigo would give anything to Monna Giovanna, why is it impossible for him to give her the falcon?

4. What is the sad situation with Frederigo, a man of noble birth?

5. How does the affair between Caterina and Ricciardo work itself out?

6. What does the daughter of Messer Lizio di Valbona, a rich knight, do that her father knows nothing about?

7. What happens that Don Gianni declares has broken the spell to change Pietro's wife into a mare?

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

9. How does Peronella turn the situation around and get her husband inside the barrel.

10. What unusual thing causes Peronella and her lover to look for a place to hide him?

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