Think you’ve got your head wrapped around Decameron? Put your knowledge to
the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. Pampinea is happy to see the three men show up at Santa Maria Novella because
the women need guidance for their plan
they need protection from robbers on the road
one of them looks exactly like Taylor Lautner
Seriously, Taylor Lautner? We don't think so.
Q. Boccaccio claims that women who have things to do are
lucky, because they have work and family
not the target audience for his book, because they're busy
miserable, because they can't read Nora Roberts all day
asking for trouble
Q. Griselda believes that her husband has the right to send her back to her father because
he always has her best interests at heart
she's uneducated and not his intellectual equal
she's a masochist
she was born poor and never deserved to be his wife
Q. In the tale of the Student and the Widow (VIII.7), Rinieri doesn't think that Elena's death will be revenge enough because
she wants to die anyway
she'd probably go straight to heaven
she's just a whore and whores are not even human
you know, death—just too easy
Q. Boccaccio has a very particular reason for writing The Decameron for ladies who have been unlucky in love. What is it?
because women have nothing else to distract them from their sorrow
because Petrarch thought it would be a great idea
because women love self-help books
because Fellini promised to buy the movie rights