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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Ghismunda chooses Guiscardo as her lover, what complicates their relationship?
(a) they must meet in secret.
(b) they have nowhere to meet.
(c) Guiscardo's father is Tancredi's mortal enemy.
(d) Ghismunda becomes pregnant.

2. How does Ser Ciappelletto get a priest to absolve him?
(a) he lies about everything in his past life.
(b) he makes a large donation to the church.
(c) he becomes seriously penitent for his past sins.
(d) he confesses under an assumed name.

3. When does Masetto return to his village of Lamporecchio?
(a) after he has finished landscaping the garden.
(b) after the death of the abbess.
(c) after several of the nuns get pregnant.
(d) after a new, younger gardener arrives.

4. Eventually what happens to Rustico?
(a) he repents and sends Alibech away.
(b) he is caught and publicly whipped.
(c) he is transfered to another monastery.
(d) he is worn out and can no longer pleasure Alibech.

5. Where does Pietro go to ply his trade?
(a) Naples.
(b) Florence.
(c) Tuscany.
(d) Rome.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the first holy man send Alibech?

2. Why is Masetto interested in the gardening job?

3. Who takes the place of the prince and seeks revenge on the duke?

4. Where does Abraham insist on going to find out about Christianity?

5. Where does Alibech set out on her quest?

(see the answer key)

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