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

2. What friendship does Monna Giovanna's son strike up in the country?
(a) with Frederico.
(b) with Fernando.
(c) with Falco.
(d) with Giovanni.

3. Who are Don Gianni di Barolo and Pietro da Tresanti?
(a) competitors for the same lover.
(b) bankers who extort money from the poor.
(c) brothers-in-law.
(d) businessmen who deal in trading goods.

4. 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.

5. What does the abbess intend to do when she confronts the wayward nun?
(a) console her.
(b) give her a stern lecture.
(c) take her confession.
(d) send her and everyone back to bed.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Tingoccio dies, what does he do that he had promised Meuccio in life?

2. Why is the marquis displeased with his son?

3. When Don Gianni visit the house of the poor Pietro da Tresanti, what is the situation?

4. What is the Baronci family of Florence noted for?

5. What is the relationship between Tingoccio Mini and Meuccio di Tura?

Short Essay Questions

1. When collecting alms from a nearby village, what does Brother Onion use to get the people to give freely?

2. Explain the kind of work done by another ugly man by the name of Giotto di Bondone.

3. What does Gualtieri do to assure himself that his wife, Griselda, is a worthy woman?

4. When two of Brother Onion's friends see him in the village proclaiming he will show a feather from the angel Gabriel, what do they plan to do?

5. What plan does Caterina devise in order to be with Ricciardo?

6. What happens when the two men come to confess to Brother Onion what they had done.?

7. How does the nun know that the abbess cannot punish her?

8. Describe the painters, Calandrino, Bruno, and Buffalmacco.

9. What unusual thing causes Peronella and her lover to look for a place to hide him?

10. What happens that Don Gianni declares has broken the spell to change Pietro's wife into a mare?

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