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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 is the name of the Brother from the monastery of St. Anthony that is the same as the name of a vegetable?
(a) Brother Endive.
(b) Brother Carrot.
(c) Brother Kale.
(d) Brother Onion.

2. How does Frederigo waste his fortune?
(a) on jousts and other things to impress Monna Giovanna.
(b) on jewels and gifts to impress Monna Giovanna.
(c) on travel to exotic places to impress Monna Giovanna.
(d) on elaborate parties to impress Monna Giovanna.

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

4. What warning does Don Gianni give the couple before he casts his spell?
(a) if they write anything the spell will be broken.
(b) if they do not comply the spell will be broken.
(c) if they speak, the spell will be broken.
(d) if they look the spell will be broken.

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) his door is locked and there is no window.
(c) there are a group of monks standing outside his door.
(d) they do not know which room is his.

Short Answer Questions

1. While Peronella's husband is inside cleaning the barrel, what is Peronella doing?

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

3. What happens when Ricciardo learns of Caterina's love for him?

4. As they travel along, what do Rabatta and Bondone begin to do?

5. What is the passion of Frederigo, a man of noble birth who squanders his fortune for the love of Monna Giovanna?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Explain the kind of work done by another ugly man by the name of Giotto di Bondone.

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

9. How does Calandrino learn that the magic has gone out of the rocks?

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

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