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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Alibech find surprising?
(a) that the Devil cannot enter her hell very often.
(b) that using her hell does not hurt her.
(c) that serving God is so pleasurable.
(d) that Rustico's Devil keeps coming back.

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

3. Where do Constanza and Alatiel go after they leave Athens?
(a) Babylon.
(b) Turkey.
(c) Alexandria.
(d) France.

4. Why do the nuns keep Masetto in the convent for many years?
(a) he agrees to stay if they stop wanting sex.
(b) he speaks and they think God has worked a miracle.
(c) he knows too much about their activities.
(d) he fathers children the nuns say are orphans.

5. What name does Alberto give Monna Lisetta that indicates how bright she is?
(a) Lady Quickwit.
(b) Lady Copernicus.
(c) Lady Halfwit
(d) Lady Genius.

6. What do the nuns do because they think Masetto is deaf?
(a) teach him to write.
(b) poke fun at him.
(c) use sign language.
(d) peek at him in his bath.

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

8. When Ciappelletto becomes gravely ill, what do the brothers think?
(a) no one would blame them for turning him out of their house.
(b) they might have to take him back to Paris.
(c) they can steal his money after he dies.
(d) no priest would ever absolve a man as evil as Ciappelletto.

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

10. Who discovers what the monk is doing?
(a) the abbot of the monastery.
(b) the other monks in the monastery.
(c) the gardener.
(d) the woman's husband.

11. Where does Alibech set out on her quest?
(a) she goes alone to Greece.
(b) she goes alone to explore the Egyptian desert.
(c) she goes alone to study in Alexandria.
(d) she goes alone to Jerusalem.

12. What does Pietro end up with that is worth more than the money he lost?
(a) a bag of silver.
(b) a ruby ring.
(c) a gold crown.
(d) a prize horse.

13. Why does Berto della Massa go to Venice and take on the identity of Brother Alberto?
(a) he plans to steal gold from the church.
(b) he is such a liar that no one will have dealings with him.
(c) he wants to find out what monks do in their cells.
(d) he is wanted for murder.

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

15. 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 ends up naked on the street and locked out of the house.
(d) he becomes ill from poison in his food.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rustico tell Alibech to do?

2. What does Saladin plan to do when he visits Melchisedech?

3. What is Monna Lisetta's character like?

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

5. Who is Alatiel?

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