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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 woman think when the soldier wakes up in Story Sixty-five?
(a) She is dreaming.
(b) She is seeing a ghost.
(c) She has witnessed a miracle.
(d) She will be punished.

2. What does the Friar in Story Forty-eight do after tricking a new bride?/
(a) Lies about his actions.
(b) Kills the girl.
(c) Leaves town.
(d) Builds onto the church.

3. Jean Pierre dies of __________.
(a) A venereal disease.
(b) Starvation.
(c) Blood loss.
(d) Suicide.

4. What causes the woman in Story Thirty-seven to become overly loving of her husband?
(a) She begins an affair.
(b) She learns he is having an affair.
(c) She learns she is dying.
(d) She learns she is pregnant.

5. How does the Countess refer to the weeks she keeps men in her room?
(a) Church.
(b) Testing.
(c) Heaven.
(d) Prison.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the men dress up in to embarrass the Countess?

2. What does the Priest in Story Forty-one put on a girl?

3. With whom is the Friar De Vale in love?

4. What does the cheap man in Story Fifty-two really steal?

5. Why does the President in Story Thirty-six ignore his wife's affair?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the monk in the last story cover his sin?

2. Why was Rolandine's castle originally built?

3. How is the man in Story Thirty-seven saved from a fire, and what happens after this?

4. What does the man in Story Forty-four do when he is told that the church was founded on foolishness?

5. Why does Jambique end her affair?

6. What is strange about Longarine's tale in Story Sixty-two?

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

8. What is the story of the Countess about?

9. How are the priest and the Friar discovered in their crime?

10. Why does the man in Dagoucin's seventh story get out of attending a dinner party with the King?

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