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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 lord with the item attached to his cloak regret?

2. What do the princess and duke do when they wake up together?

3. What does the woman in Story Fifty-four do when she sees her husband kissing someone?

4. What does the maid in Saffredent's fourth story pretend to be?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why was Rolandine's castle originally built?

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

6. When does the narrative stop? Why?

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

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

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

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

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

What were the stipulations placed on the storytellers in this book, and how do you think this affected the stories that were chosen to be told?

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