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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 do the nuns begin to do with Masetto?

2. What does Ghismunda do with Guiscardo's heart?

3. How does a prostitute deceive Pietro?

4. Who is Alatiel?

5. What results from Ser Ciappelletto's confession?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What bothers Brother Alberto about one of the women who comes to him for confession?

3. Describe the happy occasion for Alatiel as she prepares to get married.

4. How does Tancredi discover the affair between Ghismunda and Guiscardo?

5. What does Alibech learn from Rustico?

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

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

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

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

10. Why does Andreuccio di Pietro travel to Naples?

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, Views of the Clergy in THE DECAMERON. Use the arguments put forth by Tedaldo in the Seventh Tale to point out the various excesses the general public observed in the behavior of the clergy.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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