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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. After her son dies, what does Monna Giovanna decide to do?
(a) marry Frederico.
(b) join a convent.
(c) kill Frederico.
(d) buy Frederico a new falcon.

2. What is Ricciardo's plan after Caterina makes her bed on the balcony?
(a) to sing love songs to her beneath the balcony.
(b) to watch her in the moonlight.
(c) to get to the balcony through a window.
(d) to climb the wall and join her in her bed.

3. At what point does Pietro speak and break the spell?
(a) when he asks his wife if she now feels like a mare.
(b) when he asks to place the tail on his wife himself.
(c) when he objects to where Gianni places the tail on his wife.
(d) when he asks Gianni to repeat placing the tail.

4. What does Frederico, now a poor man, determine to do when Monna Giovanna comes calling?
(a) cook the falcon to serve her for dinner.
(b) hide from her.
(c) order her off his property.
(d) declare his love for her.

5. How does Calandrino know that he no longer has magic powers?
(a) when his wife leaves him for a lover.
(b) when his wife breaks a mirror over his head.
(c) when his wife finds the stones and throws them out.
(d) when his wife can see him and scolds him for being late.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the Brother from St. Anthony's monastery travel each year to a nearby village?

2. Why is the marquis displeased with his son?

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

4. When Rabatta and Bondone meet on the road to Florence, what happens to cause them to seek shelter?

5. What suddenly happens to Monna Giovanna's son?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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. When Monna Giovanna's son becomes seriously ill, what does he tell her might make him better?

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

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

7. Describe the painters, Calandrino, Bruno, and Buffalmacco.

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

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

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

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