THE HEPTAMERON - STORY 8 - STUDENT WORKSHEET

1. Who does the husband desire?

2. Who helps the husband to get his wish?

3. Why does this person help the husband?

4. How does the wife plan to outwit the husband?

5. How does this plan backfire?

6. What item is given by the wife to the second lover?

7. Does the husband let the wife know what has happened?

8. Does the story ever become public knowledge?

9. What does the story tell us about trickery and deception?

10. How does the husband feel about what he has done?

THE HEPTAMERON - STORY 10 - STUDENT WORKSHEET

1. What devices does Amador use to get close to Florida?

2. What is Amador like in his professional life?

3. How do Amador and Florida try to conceal their feelings?

4. What is the attitude of Florida's mother to the relationship between Florida and Amador?

5. What extreme measure does Florida take to make herself unattractive to Amador?

6. What do you think about this action? Are you disturbed by it?

7. What happens to Amador's wife?

8. What prompts the change in Amador's behavior?

9. What happens to Florida and Amador at the end of the story?

10. What does the story tell us about extreme passion? About obsession?

THE HEPTAMERON - STORY 35 - STUDENT WORKSHEET

1. With whom does the wife become infatuated?

2. Why does she at first think that there is no danger in the way that she feels?

3. How does the husband discover his wife's secret?

4. What does the preacher grudgingly give to the husband?

5. How does the husband trick his wife with this item?

6. What is the wife's attitude towards the preacher after the husband's trick?

7. Do you feel that the husband's actions were justified? Why or why not?

8. How does the wife act around the preacher in front of the husband after she has been tricked?

9. What does the husband tell the preacher is wrong with his wife?

10. What does the preacher think he has done?

THE HEPTAMERON - STORY 56 - STUDENT WORKSHEET

1. What does the woman want at the beginning of the story?

2. Who does she go to for help?

3. What advice does this person give to the woman?

4. What does this man tell the woman about the man he is recommending?

5. What is the truth about the man he is recommending?

6. How does the husband carry off the subterfuge?

7. How is he finally caught?

8. What physical feature gives him away?

9. What happens to the two tricksters at the end of the story?

10. What does this story say (if anything) about trust? Gullibility? Deception?

THE DECAMERON - THIRD DAY, FIRST STORY - STUDENT WORKSHEET

1. Who resides at the convent?

2. Why does Nuto leave the convent?

3. What does Masetto pretend to be to get the job?

4. Why does he have to do this?

5. Who initiates the illicit goings-on at the convent?

6. How do the nuns find out about what is happening?

7. What does Masetto tell the abbess about his newfound ability to speak?

8. What happens to Masetto at the end of the story?

9. Does this story reflect badly on the religious life? Is it a criticism, sacrilegious, or is Boccaccio just having fun?

10. What is your opinion of Masetto's deception and the lack of negative consequences?

THE DECAMERON - FIFTH DAY, NINTH STORY - STUDENT WORKSHEET

1. What causes Federigo to become poor?

2. What does Federigo do that gives him pleasure in his poverty?

3. What does Monna Giovanna's son ask of his mother?

4. What does Federigo serve Monna Giovanna when she comes to visit?

5. Why does he do this?

6. What does Federigo show her as proof of his story?

7. What is ironic about this story?

8. What happens to Monna Giovanna's son?

9. Who urges Monna Giovanna to marry?

10. How is Federigo rewarded in the story?

THE DECAMERON - SEVENTH DAY, SECOND STORY - STUDENT WORKSHEET

1. What is happening behind the husband's back?

2. How are the lovers surprised?

3. What does the husband think when he sees that the door is locked?

4. Why is this ironic?

5. How does the wife greet the husband?

6. Where does the lover hide?

7. What does the wife tell the husband about the lover and the barrel?

8. What does the lover want to be done to the barrel?

9. What do you think about the wife's actions in the story?

10. Do you think that the husband is too trusting and gullible? Why or why not?

THE CANTERBURY TALES - THE MILLER'S TALE - STUDENT WORKSHEET

1. Describe the wife of the carpenter.

2. Who is Nicholas?

3. Who is Absalom?

4. What does the carpenter find when he goes into the room of Nicholas?

5. What does Nicholas tell the carpenter is going to happen?

6. What does he tell the carpenter to do based on this?

7. Were you amused by the comic tricks played on Absalom?

8. What happens to the carpenter at the end of the story?

9. Why does the carpenter display jealousy about his wife?

10. Who helps Absalom in the story?

THE CANTERBURY TALES - THE WIFE OF BATH'S TALE - STUDENT WORKSHEET

1. What information is given at the beginning of the story that is crucial to the plot?

2. What has the knight done to get into his predicament?

3. What question does he have to answer?

4. Describe the woman who helps the knight.

5. What has he promised this woman in exchange for her help?

6. What is the answer to the question?

7. What do you think of the answer to the question given in the story?

8. What choice does the old woman give to her husband?

9. What does he choose?

10. What happens as a result of his choice?

THE CANTERBURY TALES - THE FRANKLIN'S TALE - STUDENT WORKSHEET

1. Describe the relationship between the husband and wife at the beginning of the story.

2. Why is the wife depressed throughtout the first part of the story?

3. Who is Aurelius?

4. What is the playful deal that the wife makes with her suitor?

5. What happens to the suitor after she tells him this?

6. What is the solution that the suitor's brother offers?

7. What does the wife think about after the impossible happens?

8. List three examples from mythology or history discussed by the wife.

9. What does the husband tell his wife to do after he finds out what has happened?

10. What magnanimous decisions are made by her suitor and his helper?