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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Stories Sixty-one through Sixty-five.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Bernard teaching the maids to do?
(a) Sing.
(b) Hunt.
(c) Dance.
(d) Read.

2. The mother of a young girl thinks De Vale can cure her daughter of ____________.
(a) Indifference.
(b) Sultriness.
(c) Laziness.
(d) Lustfulness.

3. Why are a friar and a priest in prison together in Story Fifty-six?
(a) They stole offering money.
(b) They arranged a fake marriage.
(c) They lied to a congregation.
(d) They raped a woman.

4. The Duke in Dagoucin's second story asks a man in his command for ___________.
(a) A night to be with his sister.
(b) His wife's tribute.
(c) His monthly pay.
(d) A marriage agreement with his daughter.

5. How does the man in Longarine's story punish himself?
(a) Flogs the maid.
(b) Puts himself in the stocks.
(c) Makes his wife's affair known.
(d) Buys back his wife's ring.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does the preoccupied man's wife live with her lover?

2. What country is Story Thirty-six set in?

3. Who convinces the group to go to Sarrance at the beginning of the book?

4. What word does Dagoucin use to describe the man in his first story?

5. What sound is heard outside the bedroom when the widow finally consents in Geburon's second story?

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