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1 trivia quiz  The Decameron icon
Questions about Giovanni Boccaccio's famous novel: "The Decameron".
Average 10Q
126 plays
May 31 06
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2 trivia quiz  For Decameron Lovers
A challenging quiz about the 'Decameron'...and if you haven't read it yet, well...start reading! NOTE: When refering to stories the roman numerals are the day and the number is the story. If there are any errors please bring them to my attention!
Tough 20Q
171 plays
Feb 27 01
magari420

Some sample questions from this category:

* Which of these is NOT one of the ten storytellers?
* How many stories are there in the Decameron?
* What city are the storytellers from?
* Now that you're warmed up....What is the theme of the first day of story telling?
* Which of the 10 storytellers has special privilege to go last every day and to not have to stay within the chosen topic?
* What is Father Gianni doing when Compare Pietro speaks out and thus ruins the spell to turn his wife into a mare (IX,10)?
* What condition does Masetto da Lamporecchio claim to have in order to be the gardener at a convent (III,1)?
* What does the final monk that Alibech lives with get her to help him do (III,10)?
* Who does Brother Alberto say his is in order to lie with a vain lady of Venice (IV,2)?
* What does Ellisabetta grow in the pot that contains her lover's head (which she digs up after her brothers kill him)(IV,5)?
* When Simona and Pasquino die from rubbing sage leaves on their teeth, what is discovered to be the cause of their deaths (IV,7)?
* What vision does Nastagio degli Onesti see that eventually prompts the lady he loves to marry him (V,8)?
* In the 9th story of the 6th day, who is the poet that delivers the witty remark?
* Which of these stories from Boccaccio's Decameron is NOT included in Passolini's film version?
* In the fourth tale of the third day, Panfilo tells the story of how a man came to sleep with a friar's wife. How was he able to do this without attracting the attention of the woman's husband?
* In the fourth tale of the first day, Dioneo tells a story of corrupt clergy. A young monk sleeps with a woman and he finds out that the abbot was outside of the room and heard everything. What happens to the monk?
* Where in Italy does this story begin?
* For what reason do the ten storytellers leave the city?
* How many stories are in The Decameron?
* Who is the King/Queen of the first day's storytelling?

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