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

2. What does the maid in Saffredent's fourth story pretend to be?
(a) A princess.
(b) A queen.
(c) A ghost.
(d) A demon.

3. What does the husband in Story Fifty-nine do when he is caught in an affair?
(a) Gets a divorce.
(b) Goes to church.
(c) Beats his wife.
(d) Takes his wife to court.

4. Where does De Vale follow the woman he loves?
(a) The kitchen.
(b) The riverbed.
(c) The attic.
(d) The stable.

5. Why is the first person imprisoned in Rolandine's castle?
(a) So she won't take revenge on the King.
(b) So she won't get married.
(c) So she won't cheat on her husband.
(d) So she won't kill again.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the wild wife do after running away?

2. How is the abandoned woman treated when she returns to civilization?

3. Who was first imprisoned in Rolandine's castle?

4. What rescues the woman abandoned in Story Sixty-seven?

5. The mother of a young girl thinks De Vale can cure her daughter of ____________.

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Duchess in Story Seventy ruin her life?

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

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

4. How does the man in Story Forty-five hide his affair after he is seen with the maid?

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

6. Why was Rolandine's castle originally built?

7. How do Jean Pierre and his lover die?

8. Why does Jambique end her affair?

9. Why does the Lord in Story Fifty-seven keep a glove on his cloak?

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

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