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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Eventually what happens to Rustico?
2. Why is Masetto sleeping in the garden when the abbess finds him and begins to lust after him?
3. Who takes the place of the prince and seeks revenge on the duke?
4. Where does Abraham insist on going to find out about Christianity?
5. After the trouble at sea, what happens to the men who love Alatiel?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Brother Alberto take advantage of Lisetta whom he calls Lady Halfwit?
2. What do the village women tell Alibech after she explains how she put the devil back into hell with Rustico.
3. How does Alatiel eventually end up with the king of Algarve?
4. How does Andreuccio become the victim of a scam in Naples?
5. What happens that returns Alibech to her village?
6. How does the handsome Masetto manage to become the gardener for a convent of eight nuns and an abbess?
7. Describe the happy occasion for Alatiel as she prepares to get married.
8. Why does Isabetta cry over a pot of basil?
9. How dies Alatiel end up on the island of Majorca?
10. What happens when the secret of Masetto's affair with the nun gets out?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay of at least two typewritten, double spaced pages on the topic, Why THE DECAMERON Should Be Required Reading. In your essay include the historic value of the book, the impact the book has had on modern novels, and the classic nature of the work. Discuss THE DECAMERON as a means of understanding the period of the Black Death in Europe and the attitude of living for today because tomorrow we may die. Conclude with why you think a reader is enriched by reading this particular work.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay of at least two typewritten, double spaced pages on the topic, Medical Pandemics Through the Ages. In your essay describe the Black Death that swept Europe in the Middle Ages and why it lasted so long. Then discuss pandemics of more modern times such as polio and various virulent strains of the flu. Conclude with how these plagues affect the human psyche.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay of at least two typewritten, double spaced pages on the topic, Attitudes About the Morality of the Clergy. In your essay point out from THE DECAMERON how it is assumed that many if not most of the clergy are morally remiss in having affairs. Compare this to modern times when clergy have been brought down because of their moral indiscretions.
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