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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Summoner's Prologue and Tale.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the apprentice cook work?
(a) London.
(b) Dublin.
(c) On a ship.
(d) Canterbury.

2. What is the yeoman's real identity?
(a) A demon.
(b) A ghost.
(c) A priest.
(d) An angel.

3. Where were the friars in the vision from the Summoner's Prologue?
(a) Under Satan's wings.
(b) Swarming Satan's “arse.”
(c) In the mud of the hell for swine.
(d) Roaming earth.

4. What does the corrupt man's wife have?
(a) An inn.
(b) A shop.
(c) A library.
(d) An inheritance.

5. Whose story moves Theseus to overthrow Creon?
(a) Palamon and Arcite.
(b) Four women whose husbands have died.
(c) Emilie.
(d) Hippolyte.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the Reeve feel the way he does about the Miller's Tale?

2. Who curses the summoner?

3. What is the name of the apprentice cook?

4. What is the Cook's name?

5. Who does the Man of Law say has already told all the good stories?

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