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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 retort does the wayward nun have for the abbess?
(a) that the abbess just does not know what she has missed.
(b) that the abbess wears a table cloth on her head.
(c) that she is also guilty and wears a man's pants on her head.
(d) that her lover is the brother of the abbess' lover.

2. As they travel along, what do Rabatta and Bondone begin to do?
(a) insult each other about their looks.
(b) sing songs to keep up their courage.
(c) discuss their respective businesses.
(d) play a guessing game.

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

4. What do Messer Forese da Rabatta and Giotto di Bondone have in common with the Baronci family?
(a) they are religious.
(b) they are Romans.
(c) they are ugly.
(d) they are Napalitans.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is the marquis displeased with his son?

3. Where does Tingoccio tell Meuccio he now is?

4. How do Gualtieri and his wife get back together?

5. When does Peronella's lover come to visit her?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What plan does Caterina devise in order to be with Ricciardo?

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

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

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

6. 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?

7. How are Caterina and Ricciardo found out?

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

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

10. Besides his homely countenance, describe what Messer Forese da Rabatta is noted for.

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