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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the abbot never punish the monk?
(a) because the monk caught him with a boy.
(b) because he feared the community would reject the monastery.
(c) because he could not prove what the monk had done.
(d) because he had the woman as well.

2. What tragedy befalls Alatiel?
(a) she is betrothed to an ugly old king.
(b) she is captured by pirates on the high seas.
(c) she is shipwrecked off the island of Majorca.
(d) she is sold by her brothers for a great price.

3. What happens to Marato on board a ship?
(a) he is thrown overboard.
(b) he is talked into selling Alatiel.
(c) he is shot.
(d) he is hung.

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

5. What happens to Pietro when he stays the night at the woman's house?
(a) he is tied up, robbed, and dumped into a canal.
(b) he is arrested by the Naples police for soliciting.
(c) he becomes ill from poison in his food.
(d) he ends up naked on the street and locked out of the house.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does the monk take a woman?

3. Why is Alatiel not happy with the duke after they go to Athens?

4. When Ciappelletto becomes gravely ill, what do the brothers think?

5. What does Abraham observe among the church leaders in Rome?

(see the answer key)

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