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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What retort does the wayward nun have for the abbess?
(a) that the abbess just does not know what she has missed.
(b) that she is also guilty and wears a man's pants on her head.
(c) that the abbess wears a table cloth on her head.
(d) that her lover is the brother of the abbess' lover.

2. What does Monna Giovanna offer Frederico for the fortune he lost trying to please her?
(a) money.
(b) half her estate.
(c) her jewels.
(d) a chance to please her now.

3. What is the relationship between Tingoccio Mini and Meuccio di Tura?
(a) they are best friends.
(b) they are mortal enemies.
(c) they are cousins.
(d) they are brothers-in-law.

4. What promise does Brother Onion make to the villagers this time?
(a) to show them a feather from the wings of Gabriel.
(b) to show them how to walk on water.
(c) to show them a relic of the cross.
(d) to show them frakincense and myrrh.

5. With whom does Caterina fall in love?
(a) Berto della Massa, a notorious liar.
(b) Ricciardo Manardi da Brettinoro, an enemy of Lizio di Valbona.
(c) Ricciardo Manardi da Brettinoro, a friend of Lizio di Valbona.
(d) Juan Carlos da Vinci, a cousin of Lizio di Valbona.

6. Who discovers the two lovers the next morning in their compromising situation?
(a) Caterina's mother.
(b) the butler.
(c) Caterina's brother.
(d) Messer Lizio di Valbona.

7. When Gualtieri finally marries, what does he decide to do?
(a) test his wife to see if she is faithful.
(b) share his wife with his cousin.
(c) kill his wife and marry a young girl.
(d) lock his wife away in a tower.

8. Who is the somewhat spoiled Caterina?
(a) the sister of Messer Lizio di Valbona, a rich knight.
(b) the wife of Messer Lizio di Valbona, a rich knight.
(c) the cousin of Messer Lizio di Valbona, a rich knight.
(d) the daughter of Messer Lizio di Valbona, a rich knight.

9. What warning does Don Gianni give the couple before he casts his spell?
(a) if they look the spell will be broken.
(b) if they do not comply the spell will be broken.
(c) if they speak, the spell will be broken.
(d) if they write anything the spell will be broken.

10. How does he explain the charcoal?
(a) that it is a relic from the destruction of Jerusalem.
(b) that it is a relic of St. Lorenzo who was burned at the stake.
(c) that it is a relic of the destruction of Sodom.
(d) that it is a relic from a fire where Jesus warmed his hands.

11. After Tingoccio dies, what does he do that he had promised Meuccio in life?
(a) haunt Meuccio's wife.
(b) return to tell what it is like after death.
(c) show himself to the evil monk in the village.
(d) return to light candles in the church.

12. What poses a problem for the two men who plan to play a trick on Brother Onion?
(a) they do not know which room is his.
(b) there are a group of monks standing outside his door.
(c) his servant who guards the room.
(d) his door is locked and there is no window.

13. What do Messer Forese da Rabatta and Giotto di Bondone have in common with the Baronci family?
(a) they are Romans.
(b) they are religious.
(c) they are ugly.
(d) they are Napalitans.

14. When the weather does not change, what do Rabatta and Bondone decide to do?
(a) continue their trek.
(b) go back the way they came.
(c) stay the night.
(d) rent a carriage.

15. What does Caterina say she wants to hear at night?
(a) the crickets.
(b) the breeze in the trees.
(c) the nightingale.
(d) the troubadors.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Calandrino finds what he thinks are magic stones, how do his friends play a trick on him?

2. What is the name of the Brother from the monastery of St. Anthony that is the same as the name of a vegetable?

3. What happens when the two friends tell Brother Onion what they had done?

4. How do Gualtieri and his wife get back together?

5. When does Peronella's lover come to visit her?

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