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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. For what trait is Bonnivet praised?

2. How does the wife in Story Thirty-five reveal her love for a priest?

3. What does Hircan tell his wife after hearing Story Six?

4. What does Simontaut say all women want to do?

5. Who does Marie tell about the Prior's advances?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Geburon say about the ferry woman in Story Five?

2. Why is the Duke in Dagoucin's second story killed?

3. What does Amador do to get close to Florida?

4. What happens in the story about d'Avannes?

5. What does Paulina choose to do with her life, and why?

6. How does the ferry woman escape the two friars?

7. What ends Rolandine's banishment?

8. What does the Friar in Geburon's fourth story do?

9. What does Parlamente suggest when she sees that the group will be waiting together for some time?

10. What regulations are put on the stories to be told in the afternoon?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How are the ideas of infidelity different today than they were at the time of this book?

Essay Topic 2

Which of these stories did you like the best. Why was it your favorite story? What resonated with you about this particular short story?

Essay Topic 3

How were the styles of the different storytellers different from each other, and how did these differences display themselves in the themes of the stories?

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