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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. For what is the preoccupied man's wife imprisoned?

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

3. What is done to the Priest in Story Forty-one when what he does to a girl is discovered?

4. What is ruined after the cheap man steals something in Story Fifty-two?

5. Where does De Vale follow the woman he loves?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the man in Story Thirty-seven saved from a fire, and what happens after this?

2. Why did the lady in Parlamente's seventh tale reject a suitor?

3. How do Jean Pierre and his lover die?

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

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

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

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

8. How does the monk in the last story cover his sin?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compassion and empathy are themes present in a number of places in these stories. What are some of the best examples of these themes, and how did their presence affect the outcome of those stories?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

There are many secrets made, kept, and divulged in this book. What are some of these secrets, and how does their placement in the stories affect the plots of those stories and the characters involved in the secrets?

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