Write three answers to the questions below. Each answer should be between 250-500 words
*Choose one of the tales from Boccaccio’s work and highlight what you see as the moral of the story.
-What does the Wife of Bath say about marriage? How does her philosophy hold up today?

-How does the knight in the Wife’s tale learn to respect women?

-How does the Renaissance interest in the achievements of man interact with religion and the Catholic Church? Where do you see obvious problems arising?

-How does Machiavelli’s political philosophy hold up in today’s world? Give specific examples.

-What are some of the critiques of modern society in More’s satire? Do we still have those problems today? Where?

-How are knighthood and chivalry portrayed in Orlando Furioso? Why?
*Reading Assignments:
Boccaccio, Day 10 Story 10 (Vol. B pp. 649-56)
Chaucer, Wife of Bath’s Prologue and Tale (Vol. B pp. 682-709)
Humanism and the Rediscovery of the Classical Past (Vol. C pp. 135-63)
Machiavelli (Vol. C pp. 183-91)
Ariosto (Vol. C pp. 193-204)
More, Book I (Vol. C pp. 207-28)