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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 causes the man in Longarine's fourth story to come back to his wife?

2. Who finds out about what the Priest in Story Forty-one does to a girl?

3. Who sees the maid being raped in Story Forty-five?

4. Why does Brimbaudier say his wife survived?

5. Who built Rolandine's castle?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the Lord in Story Fifty-seven keep a glove on his cloak?

2. Why was Rolandine's castle originally built?

3. Why does Jambique end her affair?

4. How does the President of Grenoble stop his wife's affair?

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

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

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

8. What is the story of the Countess about?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Why did these people choose to compile these stories, and how did this reasoning affect the tone of the stories presented?

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