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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 country is Story Thirty-six set in?
(a) Gregotle.
(b) Gallantia.
(c) Genovia.
(d) Grenoble.

2. Why does an apothecary's wife give him medicine?
(a) To cure his cough.
(b) To make him love her.
(c) To make him live longer.
(d) To kill him.

3. What does the Priest in Story Forty-one put on a girl?
(a) A sash.
(b) A chain.
(c) A cord.
(d) A mark.

4. What do the men dress up in to embarrass the Countess?
(a) Women's clothes.
(b) Sheets.
(c) Chains.
(d) Monk's garb.

5. What causes the woman in Story Thirty-seven to become overly loving of her husband?
(a) She learns he is having an affair.
(b) She learns she is dying.
(c) She learns she is pregnant.
(d) She begins an affair.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells the story of Brimbaudier?

2. Why does the married friend in Story Forty-seven tell his wife to stop talking to his friend?

3. What is discussed after Story Fifty-two about the cheap man?

4. Where is a couple abandoned in Story Sixty-seven?

5. Who tries to console Brimbaudier when his wife is ill?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Friar De Vale do when asked to cure a girl of her laziness?

2. How does the monk in the last story cover his sin?

3. How is the cheap man is Story Fifty-two tricked?

4. Why was Rolandine's castle originally built?

5. Why does Jean Pierre's lover finally accept his advances?

6. What does the wife in Story Fifty-five do to get around a stipulation in her husband's will?

7. Why does Jambique end her affair?

8. What does the woman in Saffredent's fifth story do to stop her husband from kissing the maids?

9. How is the man in Story Thirty-seven saved from a fire, and what happens after this?

10. Why does the man in Dagoucin's seventh story get out of attending a dinner party with the King?

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