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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 is yelled at the woman's first meeting with the priest she loves?

2. What is the downfall of the man in Simontaut's first story?

3. Who tells the story about Rolandine?

4. What does the servant ask of Bernard?

5. With whom does d'Avannes fall in love?

Short Essay Questions

1. What regulations are put on the stories to be told in the afternoon?

2. How does the ferry woman escape the two friars?

3. What does the group argue about after hearing Dagoucin's first story?

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

5. What ends Rolandine's banishment?

6. What is Ennasuite's story in Story Twenty- seven about?

7. What does Amador do to get close to Florida?

8. What is the story with Roncex about?

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

10. What does Seigneur de La Tremouille discover?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What elements in society were being shown in a satirical light in this book? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

There are a number of different settings in this book. Describe some of these settings. Why might the author have chosen these settings for these stories to take place?

Essay Topic 3

The separation of classes is quite a significant theme in this book. What are these classes, and how does this separation affect the characters belonging to them?

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