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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. Who gets the nun pregnant?

2. The man in Story Sixty-four isolates himself in _________.

3. Who tells the story of Brimbaudier?

4. Who sees the maid being raped in Story Forty-five?

5. What is discussed after Story Fifty-two about the cheap man?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why was Rolandine's castle originally built?

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

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

5. What is strange about Longarine's tale in Story Sixty-two?

6. What is the story of the Countess about?

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

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

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

10. What does the will in Story Fifty-five declare?

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

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

How are the ideas of infidelity different today than they were at the time of this book?

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