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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 can Berto so easily convince people that he has taken on the vows of poverty and chastity?
(a) because no one in Vanice knows him.
(b) because he never speaks.
(c) because he genuinely wants to change.
(d) because he is such an accomplished liar.

2. How does a prostitute deceive Pietro?
(a) by claiming to be his late brother's mistress.
(b) by cliaming to be in great distress.
(c) by claiming to be a fortune teller.
(d) by claiming to be his long lost sister.

3. How does Monna Lisetta respond to the idea that the Angel Gabriel wants her?
(a) she is willing to sacrifice for her soul.
(b) she is shocked and tells Alberto to leave at once.
(c) she does not understand what Alberto is telling her.
(d) she thinks it is natural since she is so beautiful.

4. Why does the first holy man send Alibech away?
(a) he tells her everything he has to tell.
(b) she asks too many questions disturbing his meditations.
(c) she is beautiful and he cannot trust himself around her.
(d) she is too stupid to learn his truths.

5. Where does Ser Ciappelletto find lodging in Burgundy?
(a) in an expensive inn that Musciatto pays for.
(b) with two Franciscan friars.
(c) with two Florentine brothers.
(d) with a needy widow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What tragedy befalls Alatiel?

2. Why does Giannotto think it is so necessary to convert Abraham?

3. Who determines to discover the real identity of Monna Lisetta's angel?

4. With whom does Isabetta fall in love and begin an affair?

5. How does Monna Lisetta meet Brother Alberto?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the quandary the Florentine brothers find themselves in when Ciappelletto becomes so ill?

3. How dies Alatiel end up on the island of Majorca?

4. Describe the character of Ciappelletto who is put in charge of the affairs of Musciatto Franzesi .

5. How does Andreuccio become the victim of a scam in Naples?

6. Why is it so easy for Berto della Massa to take on the persona of Brother Alberto, a minor friar?

7. What are the circumstances surrounding the disappearance of Lorenzo, the lover of Isabetta?

8. How does Ciappelletto become aware of the brothers' situation?

9. Describe the happy occasion for Alatiel as she prepares to get married.

10. What happens to Ciappelletto while staying with two Florentine brothers in Burgundy?

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