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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. What does the lord call the item attached to his cloak in Story Fifty-seven?
(a) A token.
(b) A reminder.
(c) A tribute.
(d) All of these.

2. Why does the man in love with Francoise not marry her?
(a) She is too young.
(b) She is too common.
(c) She is too rich.
(d) She is too old.

3. What does the wife in Story Fifty-five sell with her husband's horse?
(a) A cat.
(b) A whip.
(c) A saddle.
(d) A mule.

4. Why does the man in Story Sixty-three reject the advances of women?
(a) He is a man of the cloth.
(b) He is happily married.
(c) He is homosexual.
(d) He has a venereal disease.

5. The woman in Story Fifty-nine uses her husband's affair for _________.
(a) Black mail.
(b) Leverage.
(c) Amusement.
(d) All of these.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jean Pierre isolate himself?

2. What does Jambique wear to hide her identity?

3. What does the cheap man in Story Fifty-two think he is stealing?

4. What did the friar and priest hope to get from the crime that got them arrested?

5. Why does the Duke in Story Fifty-one put a young girl to death?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the husband of the wild wife get illegally married?

2. Why does Jean Pierre's lover finally accept his advances?

3. What does the woman in Saffredent's fifth story do to stop her husband from kissing the maids?

4. What does the man who loves Francoise do for her?

5. How do Jean Pierre and his lover die?

6. When does the narrative stop? Why?

7. Why did the lady in Parlamente's seventh tale reject a suitor?

8. How does the lady in Story Fifty-nine get her husband to take her to court in style?

9. How is the cheap man is Story Fifty-two tricked?

10. What does the wife in Story Fifty-five do to get around a stipulation in her husband's will?

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