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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the young woman in Story Thirteen do with the ring from the captain?

2. What is Bernard teaching the maids to do?

3. What does Hircan tell his wife after hearing Story Six?

4. What word does Dagoucin use to describe the man in his first story?

5. What does Simontaut say all women want to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Story Twenty about?

2. What does Geburon say about the ferry woman in Story Five?

3. What does the Friar in Geburon's fourth story do?

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

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

6. What does Seigneur de La Tremouille discover?

7. What does the young woman do with the Captain's token of love?

8. What happens to the second Virgin Mary? Why?

9. What does Marie Hereot do?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Human nature is a strong symbol and theme in this book. Where does this symbol appear, and what role does it play in the book?

Essay Topic 2

What was the main message sent in the story of Florida and Amador, and why do you think so much of this book focused on that one story?

Essay Topic 3

There were many characters in this book who were manipulated and persuaded to do things they did not want to do. What were some of these instances, and how were those characters affected by the manipulation?

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