MODULE 2: LESSON 4 FEDERIGO’S FALCON FROM THE MODULE 2: LESSON 4 FEDERIGO’S FALCON FROM THE

DECAMERON DECAMERON

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Direction: Encircle the letter of the correct answer. Direction: Encircle the letter of the correct answer.
1. What is "Federigo's Falcon" from? 1. What is "Federigo's Falcon" from?
a. The Decameron c. Frame Narrative a. The Decameron c. Frame Narrative
b. The Canterbury Tales d. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight b. The Canterbury Tales d. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
2. What type of story is The Decameron? 2. What type of story is The Decameron?
a. Frame Narrative c. Mystery a. Frame Narrative c. Mystery
b. Inspirational d. Fablieux b. Inspirational d. Fablieux
3. Who wrote The Decameron? 3. Who wrote The Decameron?
a. Giovanni Boccaccio c. William Shakespeare a. Giovanni Boccaccio c. William Shakespeare
b. Geoffrey Chaucer d. Mary Shelley b. Geoffrey Chaucer d. Mary Shelley
4. What social status best describes Federigo? 4. What social status best describes Federigo?
a. Noble c. Serf a. Noble c. Serf
b. Peasant d. Commoner b. Peasant d. Commoner
5. Who is Federigo in love with? 5. Who is Federigo in love with?
a. Wife of Bath c. Monna a. Wife of Bath c. Monna
b. Prioress d. Maria b. Prioress d. Maria
6. What does Federigo do in pursuit of love? 6. What does Federigo do in pursuit of love?
a. Joust c. Spend all of his money a. Joust c. Spend all of his money
b. Host banquets d. He does all of these activities. b. Host banquets d. He does all of these activities.
7. What happens to Federigo's love interest that makes her seek him out? 7. What happens to Federigo's love interest that makes her seek him out?
a. Her son gets sick c. Her husband leaves her a. Her son gets sick c. Her husband leaves her
b. She needs money d. She leaves her husband b. She needs money d. She leaves her husband
8. Why did the characters telling the stories go to the country? 8. Why did the characters telling the stories go to the country?
a. To escape the plague c. To visit family a. To escape the plague c. To visit family
b. To go hawking d. To visit Canterbury cathedral b. To go hawking d. To visit Canterbury cathedral
9. How many people travel to the country and participate in the story telling? 9. How many people travel to the country and participate in the story telling?
a. 10 b. 29 c. 30 d. 5 a. 10 b. 29 c. 30 d. 5
10. What city are the characters leaving? 10. What city are the characters leaving?
a. Florence b. Rome c. Tuscany d. Venice a. Florence b. Rome c. Tuscany d. Venice
11. Why is Federigo poor? 11. Why is Federigo poor?
a. He was born that way. a. He was born that way.
b. He spent all of his money trying to woo a woman. b. He spent all of his money trying to woo a woman.
c. He had a gambling addiction. c. He had a gambling addiction.
d. He spent it all on his falcon. d. He spent it all on his falcon.
12. Who does Monna Giovanna marry after her son's death? 12. Who does Monna Giovanna marry after her son's death?
a. Coppo di Borghese Domenici c. Giovanni Boccaccio a. Coppo di Borghese Domenici c. Giovanni Boccaccio
 b. The son of Messer Filippo Alberghini d. Geoffrey Chaucer b. The son of Messer Filippo Alberghini d. Geoffrey Chaucer
13. How does Monna's son die? 13. How does Monna's son die?
a. illness c. accident a. illness c. accident
b. falcon deficiency d. murder b. falcon deficiency d. murder
14. Why does the boy want the falcon? 14. Why does the boy want the falcon?
a. He's watched it hunt and really liked it. a. He's watched it hunt and really liked it.
b. He knows it is the only thing that can cure him. b. He knows it is the only thing that can cure him.
c. He wants to eat it. c. He wants to eat it.
d. He lost his falcon and wants to replace it before his father finds d. He lost his falcon and wants to replace it before his father finds
out. out.
15. How many stories are told in The Decameron? 15. How many stories are told in The Decameron?
a. 10 b. 100 c. 116 d. 29 a. 10 b. 100 c. 116 d. 29

Direction: Diagram the plot summary of Federigo’s Falcon by Giovanni Direction: Diagram the plot summary of Federigo’s Falcon by Giovanni
Boccaccio using the diagram below. 15 pts. Boccaccio using the diagram below. 15 pts.