Renaissance Activity 1A Factsheet
Read ONLY the clues with points!
| GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO |
3 pts: The prelude of his book describes the effects of the Black Death in Florence.
2 pts: The book's ten characters, between 18 and 28 years old, plan a trip to a country house to lessen their chances of infection. 1 pt: It is agreed that each of the ten will tell a merry story on each day of the outing. They stay in the country 10 days hence the title of the book, from the Greek deka hemerai, ten days. |
| "[Ten Days] remains one of the masterpieces of world literature. Its prose set a standard that Italian literature has never surpassed. It is a book of the love of life. Despite the horrors of the Black Death, the author found the courage to see beauty, humor, goodness, and joy still walking the earth." |
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