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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. With whom does Riant's wife sleep?
(a) A Duke.
(b) A farmer.
(c) A friar.
(d) A stable boy.

3. Who tells the story about Rolandine?
(a) Dagoucin.
(b) Parlamenta.
(c) Geburon.
(d) Oiselle.

4. How do the monks in Story Thirty-four embarrass themselves?
(a) By plucking a chicken.
(b) By baptising a dog.
(c) By running away.
(d) By thinking they are in danger.

5. Who teaches the widow's son in Hircan's third story about chastity?
(a) A monk.
(b) A traveller.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

6. How may people die because of a monk in Oiselle's story?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

7. What does Normerfide say she would do with a gift from another man?
(a) Return it.
(b) Sell it.
(c) Hide it.
(d) Keep it.

8. Who tells the first story on the fourth day?
(a) Simontaut.
(b) Geburon.
(c) Hircan.
(d) Nomerfide.

9. What does Wilhelm ask for at the end of his story?
(a) To be forgiven.
(b) To be buried in England.
(c) To join the Army.
(d) To be released from the King's service.

10. What is yelled at the woman's first meeting with the priest she loves?
(a) Temptation.
(b) Adultery.
(c) Whore.
(d) Sin.

11. How many people are chasing Geburon at the beginning of the book?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

12. What is the occupation of the woman in Story Five?
(a) Ferry owner.
(b) Prostitute.
(c) Lady in Waiting.
(d) Bar maid.

13. What is the occupation of the cheater in Hircan's first story?
(a) Merchant.
(b) Prince.
(c) Blacksmith.
(d) Farmer.

14. What weapon do the men chasing Geburon have?
(a) Axes.
(b) Cross bows.
(c) Daggers.
(d) Swords.

15. Who tells the story about Wilhelm?
(a) Parlamente.
(b) Hircan.
(c) Ennasuite.
(d) Oiselle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the man in Story Thirty-two hang in a closet?

2. What does the priest pretend to return in Story Twenty-nine?

3. With whom is the woman in Saffredent's first story cheating?

4. The woman in Story Twenty-seven tells her unwanted lover to wait for her in __________.

5. How does the poor man's wife in Story Fifteen get revenge on him?

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