What event inspired Giovanni Boccaccio to write his Decameron?

a. A performance of the Roman de Fauvel in Paris.
b. An unrequited love affair with a woman identified only as Beatrice.
c. A dramatic reading of story of Dido and Aeneas from Virgil's Aeneid. d. An outbreak of the Black Death in Florence.


d

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a. It did not create unique texture. b. It created an opaque surface. c. It takes a longer time to dry. d. It does not penetrate to lower layers.

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Society's increasing emphasis on science in the 19th century led to the emergence of _____

A) ?Romanticism B) ?Realism C) ?Orientalism D) ?Indian Gothic

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