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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Stories Forty-six through Fifty.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the President in Story Thirty-six ignore his wife's affair?
(a) To anger his wife.
(b) To preserve his reputation.
(c) To cover up his own affair.
(d) To avoid a fight.

2. What sound is heard outside the bedroom when the widow finally consents in Geburon's second story?
(a) Singing.
(b) Scratching.
(c) Swords.
(d) Screaming.

3. Who tells the story of Jambique?
(a) Geburon.
(b) Simontaut.
(c) Saffredent.
(d) Longarine.

4. What does the young woman in Story Thirteen do with the ring from the captain?
(a) Sends it to the Captain's wife.
(b) Throws it away.
(c) Donates it to charity.
(d) Keeps it always.

5. What does the man in Oiselle's first story do?
(a) Drive mules.
(b) Farms corn.
(c) Runs an inn.
(d) Builds bridges.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells the story of Friar De Vale?

2. Who defends the man in Ennasuite's first story?

3. What makes travel complicated at the beginning of the book?

4. What is the young woman in Story Thirteen given as a gift?

5. How do the monks in Story Thirty-four embarrass themselves?

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