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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 country is Story Thirty-six set in?

2. Where does the woman in Story Thirty-seven set a fire?

3. Who tries to console Brimbaudier when his wife is ill?

4. Who built Rolandine's castle?

5. What is yelled at the suitor in Story Fifty-eight?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the man in Dagoucin's seventh story get out of attending a dinner party with the King?

2. What does the preoccupied man do when his wife in imprisoned?

3. What is the discussion about after Longarine's fourth story?

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

5. How does the President of Grenoble stop his wife's affair?

6. When does the narrative stop? Why?

7. How do Jean Pierre and his lover die?

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

9. What is the story of the Countess about?

10. What does the man in Story Forty-four do when he is told that the church was founded on foolishness?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The pursuit of happiness was a common theme found in this book. What stories embodied this theme, and how did that pursuit affect the characters involved?

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

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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