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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who determines who will tell the stories on each successive night?
(a) the group by popular vote.
(b) the last person to tell a stroy the night before.
(c) the person chosen as queen or king for the next night.
(d) the oldest of the 7 women and 3 men.
2. Why does Rustico agree to allow Alibech to remain with him?
(a) he is lecherous and wants to seduce her.
(b) he is eager to test his willpower against her beauty.
(c) he is eager to save her soul.
(d) he is blind and cannot see her beauty.
3. What happens to Pietro when he stays the night at the woman's house?
(a) he is arrested by the Naples police for soliciting.
(b) he becomes ill from poison in his food.
(c) he is tied up, robbed, and dumped into a canal.
(d) he ends up naked on the street and locked out of the house.
4. What are the three holy laws Saladin challenges Melchisedech to name as the one with the most truths?
(a) the law of Nature, of the Gods, or the Professors.
(b) the law of the Christians, the Jews, or the Hindus.
(c) the law of the church, the state, or the royalty.
(d) the law of the Jews, Saracens, or Christians.
5. How does Ser Ciappelletto get a priest to absolve him?
(a) he becomes seriously penitent for his past sins.
(b) he confesses under an assumed name.
(c) he lies about everything in his past life.
(d) he makes a large donation to the church.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who discovers what the monk is doing?
2. What does Pietro end up with that is worth more than the money he lost?
3. After the trouble at sea, what happens to the men who love Alatiel?
4. What do the nuns begin to do with Masetto?
5. Who does Pietro take up with after he loses all his money and clothes?
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