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

2. 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.

3. Where is a couple abandoned in Story Sixty-seven?
(a) An island.
(b) A beach.
(c) A forrest.
(d) A castle.

4. Who is accidentally killed in Story Forty?
(a) The King's sister.
(b) The King's brother-in-law.
(c) The King's daughter.
(d) The King's uncle.

5. Why does the man in Story Sixty-four isolate himself?
(a) He is threatened by his lover's husband.
(b) He is rejected by a woman.
(c) He catches a venereal disease.
(d) His mother gets very ill.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells the story about Francoise?

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

3. What country is Story Thirty-six set in?

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

5. What does the Friar in Story Forty-eight do after tricking a new bride?/

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Friar De Vale do when asked to cure a girl of her laziness?

3. When does the narrative stop? Why?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does the will in Story Fifty-five declare?

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

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