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In this book, a man disguises himself as the angel Gabriel in order to seduce “Lady Numbskull,” but is exposed when the ironically-named Honest Man betrays him. After a king cuts off a lock of his hair in the night, a groom does the same to every servant in the palace to evade punishment in a story from this book. (-5[1])A tale from this collection about three rings bequeathed by Melchizedek (10[1])inspired the “ring (10[1])parable” from Gotthold Lessing’s (10[1])play Nathan the Wise. In the final story from this collection, a marquis threatens to kill his children to test the patience of his wife Griselda. (10[1])Dioneo tells (10[1])the tenth and final story of each (10[1])“day” in this collection. For 10 points, name this collection of 100 tales (-5[2])told by Florentines (-5[1])sheltering from the Black Death, by Giovanni Boccaccio. (10[2])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: The Decameron [or Il Decameron] (The first line refers to Day 4, Story 2. The second line refers to Day 3, Story 2.)
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