From the PowerPoint
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The Story Line
Quotes
100
An author who is inspired by Boccaccio.
Who is Chaucer?
100
Pampinea
Who is the first Queen, the oldest female
100
The Decameron means.
What is ten days?
100
Came up with the idea for the ladies to leave the city and head to the country side.
Who is Pampinea? (Also ok is the eldest female)
100
"Most noble ladies, for whose delight I have given myself over to this long task, I believe that with the aid of divine grace it is more through your pious prayers than any merit of mine that I have carried out what I promised to do at the beginning of this work."
Who is Giovanni Boccaccio? (Must have name right but only last is ok)
200
According to the Power Point this is Boccaccio's target audience.
Who are Ladies?
200
Dioneo
Who is the teller of our first story Third Day: Tenth Tale
200
The reason why there are at least two strong female roles in the story.
What is because Boccaccio is a ladies man a.k.a. the audience is females.
200
The number of Ladies in the group.
What is 7.
200
“We are fickle, wayward, suspicious, fain-hearted and cowardly.”
Who is Filomena, In response to Pampinea’s idea to leave the city
300
Belief that prefers individual thought over doctrine, is created by Boccaccio's friend.
What is Humanism.
300
Rustico
Who is the main character from the first story Third Day: Tenth Tale
300
The place that Alibech ventures to, where she attempts to serve god.
What is the Thebaid Desert (Desert will be accepted if they at least attempt a "T" word with it)
300
Ghismonda drinks her poison out of this.
What is a golden cup?
300
"O most beloved heart, I have performed all my duties to you; nothing now remains for me to do, save to come with my soul to bear company with yours."
Who is Guiscardo, Princess from the second story, Fourth Day: First Tale.
400
The movie, which is not titled after the book, whose clip appeared in the PowerPoint.
What is Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail?
400
Tancred
Who is the father of Ghismonda, the one who cuts out the lovers heart, second story Fourth Day: First Tale
400
The type of sickness that the Plague is classified as.
What is a bacterial infection? (Any form of bacteria as an answer)
400
The hermit who tricks Alibech lives in this.
What is a cell.
400
"Therefore, young ladies, when you seek God's favour, learn to put the devil in hell, because this is the most pleasing to God and all parties concerned, and much good may come of it."
Who is Dioneo, Teller of the first story, Third Day: Tenth Tale (Answer must be the narrator not characters of the story)
500
The correct spelling of the authors name.
What is Giovanni Boccaccio.
500
Neerbale
Who is Alibech's husband, small character at the end of first story Third Day: Tenth Tale
500
The Decameron is written as this.
What is a frame narrative?
500
The theme of the second story in our book. Fourth Day: First Tale
What is people whose love ended unhappily. (Failed love, Heartbreak etc.)
500
“Perhaps when you have learned it, you also will be able to save your souls, and you may also discover that although love prefers to dwell in gay palaces and lovely rooms rather than in poor huts, yet he sometimes makes his power felt among thick woods and rugged mountains and desert caves. Whereby we may well perceive that all of us are subject to his power.”
Who is Dioneo, At the beginning of his tale (Third Day: Tenth Tale)
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