Question

This collection’s narrators include two men whose names may mean “sweet tooth” and “male goat,” as well as lightly veiled versions of real noblewomen under names such as Oisille (wah-ZEE) and Parlamente. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this collection that includes fictionalized versions of real incidents, such as Marguerite de La Rocque’s time marooned near Quebec. Ten people tell stories after a flood delays their return from Cauterets in this collection of 72 stories by Marguerite of Navarre.
ANSWER: Heptameron [or Tales of Fortunate Lovers; or L’Heptaméron]
[10e] Marguerite of Navarre’s Heptameron was meant to imitate the structure of this author’s Decameron.
ANSWER: Giovanni Boccaccio
[10h] The Heptameron was also influenced by the Cent nouvelle nouvelles, a compilation by an author with this first name. Another author with this first name was the first European translator of the One Thousand and One Nights.
ANSWER: Antoine [accept Antoine de la Sale or Antoine Galland]
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chamPAIN and cornHELL in ColumbiaJJaryland010010
JinAh and Jordan from WikiquizThe Aum-Wein Drinchard by Amogh Tutuola010010
Naocissus and Geoldmond by Hermandrew Hesse1.g4 Test Mixture10101030
Parden the InterruptionNJ TRANSit (and bobby i guess)010010
mnemonistsSandmännchen im Helikopter1010020
boy's jitches (ft. DMA)protobowling for soup010010
bruhLet's Fighting Love1010020