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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the downfall of the man in Simontaut's first story?
(a) His money.
(b) His wife.
(c) His lust.
(d) His children.

2. What makes travel complicated at the beginning of the book?
(a) Heavy rains.
(b) Dry weather.
(c) A lack of money.
(d) Bandits and robbers.

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

4. Why does the maid in Story Forty-five allow her rapes to continue?
(a) She thinks it is for punishment.
(b) She is afraid of being killed.
(c) She enjoys it.
(d) She doesn't want to lose her job.

5. How does the second Virgin Mary die?
(a) She is burned.
(b) She is beheaded.
(c) She is killed in prison.
(d) She is drowned.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is yelled at the suitor in Story Fifty-eight?

2. What does Parlamente reveal after hearing Story Six?

3. The woman in Story Thirty-five is beat with ____________.

4. Who tells the story about the wild wife?

5. Who tells the story about Francoise?

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