WorksheetsFederigo's Falcon
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 4hrs 0mins
What is "Federigo's Falcon" from?
The Decameron
The Canterbury Tales
Tales of Arcadia
The Tales of Beedle the Bard
The Decameron is a treasury of tales and various sharply drawn characters that celebrate humanity.
What kind of story is The Decameron?
quest narrative
frame narrative
fable
personal narrative
Who wrote The Decameron and Federigo's Falcon?
Monna Giovanna
Giovanni Boccaccio
Geoffrey Chaucer
William Shakespeare
What does Federigo do in pursuit of Monna Giovanna's love?
host lavish banquets
spend lots and all of his money
tilting, a form of jousting
all of the above
Federigo goes from having riches to losing his fortune, moving to a small farm out in the country with the finest falcon.
True
False
What happens to Federigo's love interest that makes her seek him out, even after breaking his heart and leaving him in poverty?
her husband passed on
her only son gets ill
she seeks forgiveness
her son requests the falcon
The climax of the story occurs when...
Monna Giovanna's only son, the apple of her eye, gets ill and request for Federigo's falcon.
Monna Giovanna decides to visit Federigo to ask for his falcon.
Frederigo kills his only prized possession, a falcon, to feed Monna Giovanna at breakfast.
Monna Giovanna asks if she can have the falcon for her sick son.
Federigo confesses the truth about the falcon. Monna Giovanna realizes she got the falcon, but in a different form.
Which of the following is the BEST example of situational irony?
Federigo is rich and ends up living on a farm with only the finest falcon.
Monna Giovanna's husband gets sick and dies then her son gets ill and dies, too.
Federigo loses everything because of Monna Giovanna; Monna Giovanna fails to acknowledge Federigo's love; both characters end up marrying one another
Monna Giovanna visits Federigo to ask for his falcon but, unknowingly, ends up eating the falcon at her meal.
Federigo has nothing to provide Monna Giovanna for a meal, and without hesitation, he kills and cooks his only possession and feeds it to her.
Why does Monna Giovanna marry Federigo in the end?
she is a young and lonely widow and wants a companion through the rest of her life
she realizes his generous and honorable character is worth more than riches
her brothers pressure her to marry Federigo, knowing that he comes from a wealthy past
she regrets how she treated him in the past and what ended up of him
Which of the following BEST states the theme of "Federigo's Falcon"?
Patience is a virtue.
Money is not a true measure of a person's worth.
Money can bring happiness to those who wait.
A person's worth determines his or her fate.
Read the following line from the story.
"When you did me the kindness of telling me that you wished to breakfast with me, I considered it right and proper, having regard to your excellence and merit, to do everything within my power to prepare a more sumptuous dish than those I would offer to my ordinary guests." (p. 8, slide 14)
Based on these lines, Federigo can best be described as...
courteous
forgiving
narcissistic
noble
The moral dilemma of the story is when...
Federigo debates if he should feed his falcon to Monna Giovanna.
Monna Giovanna, at first, wants to stay a widow but then decides to marry Federigo.
Federigo is disappointed with himself for having everything to having nothing but still unable to provide for his true love.
Monna Giovanna considers visiting an ex-lover to ask him for his falcon, the one and only possession in his life.
What type of conflict is MOST represented throughout the story?
character vs self
character vs character
character vs nature
character vs society
The falcon BEST represents:
friendship
love
sacrifice
forgiveness
Situational irony can be defined as...
when the writer lets their reader know something that a character does not
when what actually happens is the opposite of what is expected or appropriate
when the speaker means something very different from what he or she is saying
when irony is used to create a comedic or humorous effect
Which word BEST describes Federigo?
largesse
eminent
frugal
resentful
