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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the monk trick the abbot?
(a) he lets the woman out through his window.
(b) he leaves the woman alone in his cell.
(c) he brings another woman for the abbot.
(d) he convinces the abbot he is seeing things.

2. What is the premise of the novel that results in rounds of story telling?
(a) 7 women and 7 men go on holiday together.
(b) 7 young women and 3 men leave Florence to escape the plague.
(c) 7 women and 3 children are banished from Florence society.
(d) 7 men and 3 young women leave Rome to escape the plague.

3. Who takes the place of the prince and seeks revenge on the duke?
(a) the prince's son.
(b) the prince's father.
(c) the prince's brother.
(d) the prince's sister.

4. What results from Ser Ciappelletto's confession?
(a) he becomes thought of as a saint.
(b) he is discovered to be a liar.
(c) he is forced to give up all his wealth.
(d) he survives for another twenty years.

5. What does Giannotto di Civigni want to do?
(a) visit his friend, Abraham, in Jerusalem.
(b) go into business with his friend, Abraham.
(c) convert his Jewish friend, Abraham, to Christianity.
(d) become a Jew like his friend, Abraham.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Constanza and Alatiel go after they leave Athens?

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

3. When Abraham returns, what does he want to do that surprises Giannotto?

4. Where does Ser Ciappelletto find lodging in Burgundy?

5. Who is Alatiel?

(see the answer key)

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