THE DECAMERON

1. Who wrote the Italian novel the Decameron?

• a.Giovanni Decameron

• b.Giovanni Boccacio

• c. Shakespeare

• d. Victor Hugo

What situation resulted in rounds of storytelling?

• a. 7 Women 3 children are exiled from Florence society

• b. 7 Men and 3 young women leave Rome to have an adventure

• c. 7 young women and 3 men leave Florence to escape the plague

• d. 7 women and 7 men go in holiday together

The seven women of the brigade are lovely and intelligent, but some scholars believe that they stand for

• a. The Muses

• b. The Graces

• c. The Ronettes

• d. The Sirens

How many Stories are told in the novel?

• a. 100

• b. 38

• c. 19

• d. 50

What was the plague in the opening of the story?

• a. Dengue

• b. SARS

• c. Black Death

• d. Diphtheria

What is a Hortus Conclusus according to the novel?

• a. A Haunted House

• b. A place for entertainment

• c. An Enclosed Garden

• d. A party attended by famous people

1. What Theme is presented on the third day?

• a . Inhumanity

• b. Genius and Industry

• c. Unhappy Love

• d. Love and sacrifice