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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 does the cheap man in Story Fifty-two really steal?

2. What does the President's wife eat before she dies?

3. Who tells the story of Jambique?

4. What does the cheap man in Story Fifty-two think he is stealing?

5. What do the men dress up in to embarrass the Countess?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is strange about Longarine's tale in Story Sixty-two?

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

4. Why does Jambique end her affair?

5. What does the man in Story Forty-four do when he is told that the church was founded on foolishness?

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

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

8. What is the discussion about after Longarine's fourth story?

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

10. When does the narrative stop? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What elements in society were being shown in a satirical light in this book? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Symbolism is a very prevalent literary device used by Marguerite de Navarre in these stories. What are some of these symbols, and how does their presence affect the course of the plots?

Essay Topic 3

Marguerite de Navarre presents the idea that there are two sides to every man. Choose three of the characters from the book and write about their dual natures and how this duality affected the characters around them.

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