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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. What is placed on the soldier's forehead in Story Sixty-five?

2. What does the maid in Saffredent's fourth story pretend to be?

3. What do the princess and duke do when they wake up together?

4. How does the man in Story Sixty-three avoid attending a dinner party?

5. What does the husband in Story Fifty-nine do when he is caught in an affair?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the preoccupied man do when his wife in imprisoned?

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

3. How does the Duchess in Story Seventy ruin her life?

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

5. How does the lady in Story Fifty-nine get her husband to take her to court in style?

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

7. How are the priest and the Friar discovered in their crime?

8. Why did the lady in Parlamente's seventh tale reject a suitor?

9. What does the maid in Story Sixty-nine trick her master into doing?

10. Why does the husband of the wild wife get illegally married?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the tests of love described in the book? Which one seems the most effective? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Fear is a major motivating factor for a number of characters in this book. Which characters are most affected by this, and what are some of the different ways this fear is manifested?

Essay Topic 3

Diversity and discrimination are two major and related themes in this book. Where do these themes appear, and how do they work together to propel the tone of the book?

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