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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 soldier nap next to in Story Sixty-five?

2. What does the lord call the item attached to his cloak in Story Fifty-seven?

3. Who built Rolandine's castle?

4. Where does the husband in Story Fifty-five want the proceeds of his horse to go?

5. What does the President's wife eat before she dies?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the lady in Story Fifty-nine get her husband to take her to court in style?

2. What does the maid in Story Sixty-nine trick her master into doing?

3. How is the cheap man is Story Fifty-two tricked?

4. How does the Duchess in Story Seventy ruin her life?

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

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

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

8. What is the story of the Countess about?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why did these people choose to compile these stories, and how did this reasoning affect the tone of the stories presented?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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