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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. How does the wife in Story Thirty-five reveal her love for a priest?

2. How does the Duke in Dagoucin's second story die?

3. Who is making the noise heard outside the bedroom when the widow finally consents in Geburon's second story?

4. Who falls in love with the man in Story Eighteen?

5. What does the woman in Story Eighteen allow a man to do as his first test?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Seigneur de La Tremouille discover?

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

4. Why does Elisor not choose to be with the Queen?

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

6. What is Story Twenty about?

7. What ends Rolandine's banishment?

8. What does Parlamente realize after listening to her husband's story?

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

10. What is Oiselle's story in Story Twenty-three about?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Fear is a major motivating factor for a number of characters in this book. Which characters are most affected by this, and what are some of the different ways this fear is manifested?

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

Symbolism is a very prevalent literary device used by Marguerite de Navarre in these stories. What are some of these symbols, and how does their presence affect the course of the plots?

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