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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Nuto leave the convent where he was the gardener?
(a) the work was too difficult for him.
(b) the salary was too low and he got conflicting orders.
(c) he got too old to tend the garden.
(d) he had an accident so he could no longer work.

2. How does Ciappelletto's confession later hoodwink the church?
(a) Ciappelletto becomes a model for all businessmen.
(b) Ciappelletto promises a donation he never makes.
(c) Ciappelletto becomes a martyr and is later canonized.
(d) Ciappelletto is buried in the Vatican.

3. How does Isabetta learn of Lorenzo's fate?
(a) an angel tells her in a dream.
(b) he comes to her in a dream.
(c) a witness to his murder comes to tell her.
(d) she accidentally finds his shallow grave.

4. How does Tancredi discover his daughter's affair with Guiscardo?
(a) he falls asleep in her room and wakes up to find them together.
(b) he hears gossip on the streets and confronts her.
(c) he opens her door to see if she is in the house.
(d) he has her followed by a policeman.

5. Why does Constanzo leave the battle and return to the duke's house?
(a) he comes to protect the women and children.
(b) he becomes deathly ill.
(c) he changes his mind about fighting.
(d) he has fallen in love with Alatiel.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men actually had Alatiel before she was married?

2. Who takes Alatiel from the sailor after the murder of the other sailor?

3. Who discovers what the monk is doing?

4. How does Ser Ciappelletto get a priest to absolve him?

5. Who is Alatiel's next lover after Constanzo?

(see the answer key)

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