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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of tale is the Squire asked to tell?
(a) A tale about love.
(b) A tale about bravery.
(c) A tale about nobility.
(d) A tale about religion.

2. In the Clerk’s Tale, how does the king's charade end?
(a) The king confesses that it was all a test.
(b) The king marries his daughter.
(c) His wife dies of heartache.
(d) His wife is kidnapped by an enemy king.

3. What is the Narrator's name?
(a) Sir Topas.
(b) Geoffrey Chaucer.
(c) Sir Gawain.
(d) The Narrator's name is not given.

4. What is different about the Wife of Bath's Prologue?
(a) It is very long.
(b) It is in song.
(c) It is not told by the Wife of Bath.
(d) It is only one sentence.

5. What punishment does Theseus give Palamon and Arcite?
(a) Imprisonment in Athens.
(b) Servitude in Creon.
(c) Imprisonment in Thebes.
(d) Servitude in Athens.

Short Answer Questions

1. What vision did the friar in the Summoner's Prologue have?

2. Who comes to Alison's window after Nicholas and Alison spend the night together?

3. What does Absalom get from the blacksmith?

4. Where does the apprentice cook work?

5. How does the Summoner react to the Friar's Tale?

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