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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 do the simple-minded Pietro and his wife want Don Gianni to do?
(a) cast a spell that will turn the wife into a mare.
(b) turn their donkey into a mare.
(c) cast a spell to enlarge their house.
(d) teach them how to cast spells.

2. What do the two men who know Brother Onion plan to do?
(a) slip into his room and steal the feather.
(b) exchange the white feather for a black one.
(c) glue the lid shut on the box containing the feather.
(d) exchange the feather for a turkey feather.

3. What is the avocation of Gualtieri, the son of a wealthy marquis in Saluzzo?
(a) he drinks every day in the tavern.
(b) he paints pictures of unclothed young girls.
(c) he chases all the pretty girls in the village.
(d) he spends his days hunting and hawking.

4. What is Rabatta's profession?
(a) he is a master sculptor.
(b) he is a noted university teacher.
(c) he is a cleric.
(d) he is an expert in jurisprudence.

5. Where does Tingoccio tell Meuccio he now is?
(a) in Hell for having an affair.
(b) in limbo waiting for his judgment.
(c) in Heaven eating ambrosia with the angels.
(d) in Purgatory explaining away his past sins.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Don Gianni di Barolo have that shows his wealth?

2. What is the transgression of the abbess who is told in the middle of the night about a nun who has been caught with her lover?

3. What causes Brother Onion's servant to leave his post?

4. What does the abbess intend to do when she confronts the wayward nun?

5. Who is the somewhat spoiled Caterina?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the nun know that the abbess cannot punish her?

2. What is the reply that Bondone gives Rabatta after his insult?

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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