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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 husband in Story Fifty-nine do when he is caught in an affair?

2. Why does the man in love with Francoise not marry her?

3. What does the lord with the item attached to his cloak regret?

4. What does the cheap man in Story Fifty-two really steal?

5. Where is a couple abandoned in Story Sixty-seven?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the woman in Saffredent's fifth story do to stop her husband from kissing the maids?

3. When does the narrative stop? Why?

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

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

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

7. What is the story of the Countess about?

8. Why does the Lord in Story Fifty-seven keep a glove on his cloak?

9. Why does Jambique end her affair?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which of these stories did you like the best. Why was it your favorite story? What resonated with you about this particular short story?

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

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

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