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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. Who murders Pericone, Alatiel's first lover?

2. Who is Alatiel's next lover after Constanzo?

3. Eventually what happens to Rustico?

4. What does the foolish Alibech think she is doing when she allows the monk to have his way with her?

5. Eventually, who does Ghismunda marry as arranged by her father?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the ambition of Alibech and where does it take her?

2. After becoming a widow shortly after her marriage, what does Ghismunda see her father, Tancredi, has no plans of doing?

3. How does the handsome Masetto manage to become the gardener for a convent of eight nuns and an abbess?

4. How does Brother Alberto take advantage of Lisetta whom he calls Lady Halfwit?

5. Who takes Andreuccio into a scheme to make easy money?

6. How dies Alatiel end up on the island of Majorca?

7. How does Andreuccio turn the tales on the two robbers?

8. What do the village women tell Alibech after she explains how she put the devil back into hell with Rustico.

9. What does Alibech learn from Rustico?

10. What ultimately happens after Ciappelletto dies?

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, How Bernie Madoff Compares with Brother Onion. Using Brother Onion's feather from the wing of Gabriel and charcoal from the burning of St. Lorenzo, compare those things with Madoff's use of his connections and expertise on Wall Street to dupe people into investing money that he had no intention of returning. Define how people who want to believe in something are easily led.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay of at least two typewritten, double spaced pages on the topic, The Story I Most Enjoyed in THE DECAMERON. First summarize the story you liked best and then explain in detail why that particular story caught your fancy. Be sure to mention the literary qualities of the story that made it stand out in your mind.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay of at least two typewritten, double spaced pages on the topic, The Sin of Getting Caught. Use examples from THE DECAMERON to show how the thing people are often sorriest for is that of getting caught. Contrast Peronella and Brother Alberto to show how getting caught is what brings a person down.

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