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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Constanza and Alatiel go after they leave Athens?
(a) Turkey.
(b) Alexandria.
(c) Babylon.
(d) France.

2. Where do the two men who played the trick go the next day?
(a) to wait up in a tree.
(b) to hide in the confessional.
(c) to wait outside the church.
(d) to hear Brother Onion's sermon.

3. Why is Alatiel not happy with the duke after they go to Athens?
(a) he never leaves her side in Athens.
(b) he never allows her to leave the villa in Athens.
(c) he has a wife in Athens and keeps her as a mistress.
(d) he grows fat and lazy in Athens.

4. Why does the Brother from St. Anthony's monastery travel each year to a nearby village?
(a) to feed the poor.
(b) to give alms.
(c) to collect alms.
(d) to take confessions.

5. Who is Alatiel's next lover after Constanzo?
(a) a baron.
(b) a general.
(c) a king.
(d) a merchant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who determines who will tell the stories on each successive night?

2. Who is the next rival for the favor of Alatiel?

3. What do the villagers know of the Brother from St. Anthony's who comes once a year?

4. How does Tancredi discover his daughter's affair with Guiscardo?

5. What tragedy befalls Alatiel?

(see the answer key)

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