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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Marie Hereot's occupation?
(a) Nun.
(b) Governess.
(c) Wet nurse.
(d) Maid.

3. Who tells the story about Bonnivet?
(a) Simontaut.
(b) Geburon.
(c) Longarine.
(d) Parlamente.

4. What does the servant ask of Bernard?
(a) A pie.
(b) A horse.
(c) A ducat.
(d) A cloak.

5. What monks are thought to be perfect in Oiselle's story?
(a) Clandestine.
(b) Roman.
(c) Brittish.
(d) Franciscan.

6. What does the man who loves Paulina do?
(a) Joins the Army.
(b) Joins a monastery.
(c) Rapes her.
(d) Kills himself.

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

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

9. What does the woman in Longarine's story give to her husband's friend?
(a) Her crucifix.
(b) Her diary.
(c) Her scarf.
(d) Her wedding ring.

10. Why is Rolandine secluded?
(a) She gets pregnant.
(b) She disobeys her father.
(c) She gets married in secret.
(d) She threatens to run away.

11. Oiselle says the woman in her first story is a martyr of ___________.
(a) Chastity.
(b) Honesty.
(c) Servility.
(d) History.

12. A hermit tells the woman whom Elisor loves that her worst attribute is___________.
(a) Pride.
(b) Infidelity.
(c) Cruelty.
(d) Creativity.

13. With whom is the woman in Saffredent's first story cheating?
(a) A king.
(b) A duke.
(c) A tax collector.
(d) A prince.

14. Who is making the noise heard outside the bedroom when the widow finally consents in Geburon's second story?
(a) Ghosts.
(b) Chamber maids.
(c) Her uncle.
(d) The children.

15. The woman in Story Thirty-five is beat with ____________.
(a) A stone.
(b) A crown.
(c) A bag.
(d) A stick.

Short Answer Questions

1. The widow in Hircan's third story devotes herself to __________.

2. When does the woman whom d'Avannes loves admit her love for him?

3. Cauteret is famous for____________.

4. Who teaches the widow's son in Hircan's third story about chastity?

5. What does Simontaut say all women want to do?

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