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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) The children.
(d) Her uncle.

2. Who convinces the group to go to Sarrance at the beginning of the book?
(a) A monk.
(b) Oiselle.
(c) A messenger.
(d) Geburon.

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

4. The man in Story Thirty-two makes a cup out of _________.
(a) A helmet.
(b) A hilt.
(c) A skull.
(d) A thigh bone.

5. What word does Dagoucin use to describe the man in his first story?
(a) Virtuous.
(b) Vigorous.
(c) Wealthy.
(d) Learned.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the man who loves Paulina do?

2. What is the downfall of the man in Simontaut's first story?

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

4. A hermit tells the woman whom Elisor loves that her worst attribute is___________.

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the group have to wait at the abbey for so long?

2. Why does Elisor not choose to be with the Queen?

3. What trick does a servant try to pull on Bernard?

4. What does Parlamente suggest when she sees that the group will be waiting together for some time?

5. What does Paulina choose to do with her life, and why?

6. How does the ferry woman escape the two friars?

7. Why is the Duke in Dagoucin's second story killed?

8. What is the story with Roncex about?

9. What is Oiselle's first story about?

10. How does the widow in Geburon's second story test her French gentleman?

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