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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Alibech sleep?
(a) on the floor of Rustico's cell.
(b) in a closet in the monastery.
(c) outside the monastery.
(d) in Rustico's bed.

3. Who does Alatiel eventually meet?
(a) the sultan of Brunei who recognizes her.
(b) the King of Cyprus who recognizes her.
(c) the King of France who recognizes her.
(d) the Prince of Wales who recognizes her.

4. Who takes Alatiel from the sailor after the murder of the other sailor?
(a) a prince.
(b) a merchant.
(c) a bandit.
(d) a magician.

5. Because of her vanity, what does Monna Lisetta do that soon allows all of Venice to know about her affair?
(a) she has an artist paint a picture of her and Gabriel.
(b) she forgets to draw her drapes.
(c) she tells another priest at confession.
(d) she tells a neighbor about Gabriel's love.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the abbot never punish the monk?

2. How does Alatiel manage to marry the King of Algarve after all?

3. Because Monna Lisetta is so beautiful, what does Brother Alberto desire to do?

4. Who is Alatiel?

5. Why do the nuns keep Masetto in the convent for many years?

Short Essay Questions

1. What means of entertainment do the young people devise?

2. How does the handsome Masetto manage to become the gardener for a convent of eight nuns and an abbess?

3. What eventually transpires between Masetto and one of the nuns?

4. How does Andreuccio turn the tales on the two robbers?

5. How does Tancredi discover the affair between Ghismunda and Guiscardo?

6. What happens to Alatiel after she is taken to safety?

7. How does Ghismunda end her life?

8. Why does Isabetta cry over a pot of basil?

9. What do the brothers think when they hear Ciappelletto's confession?

10. What ultimately happens after Ciappelletto dies?

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