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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the Narrator going?
(a) Canterbury.
(b) The town is not given.
(c) London.
(d) Jerusalem.

2. Where is the man from who told the Clerk his tale?
(a) Padua.
(b) Paris.
(c) Rome.
(d) London.

3. Who helps the knight answer the question?
(a) The queen.
(b) An old, ugly woman.
(c) Venus, the goddess of love.
(d) Another knight.

4. What is the name of the apprentice cook?
(a) Roger.
(b) Landon.
(c) Perkin.
(d) He is unnamed.

5. Why is the apprentice cook able to revel all day?
(a) He marries a rich woman.
(b) He quits his apprenticeship.
(c) He becomes a private cook for a man who travels frequently.
(d) He is dismissed by his master.

6. Who is the mysterious guest that appears at the king's celebration in the Squire’s Tale?
(a) A suitor.
(b) An old woman from London.
(c) A warrior from a distant land.
(d) A knight from Araby.

7. What kind of tale does the Friar offer to tell?
(a) A tale about scripture.
(b) A tale about a summoner.
(c) A tale about authority.
(d) A comedic tale.

8. In the Squire’s Tale, what gift is the king's daughter given by the mysterious guest?
(a) A ring.
(b) A dove.
(c) A necklace.
(d) A pear tree.

9. How is it determined that the Knight will tell the first tale?
(a) The Host asks the Knight to go first.
(b) The Knight volunteers.
(c) The Pardoner asks the Knight to go first.
(d) The pilgrims draw straws.

10. Why does the Reeve feel the way he does about the Miller's Tale?
(a) He remembers the event from a town he once lived in.
(b) He was once a parish clerk.
(c) He was once an astronomy student.
(d) He was once a carpenter.

11. Who restores January's sight?
(a) Pluto.
(b) An angel.
(c) Venus.
(d) Prosperpina.

12. What does the Squire ask to be excused for?
(a) If he says anything amiss.
(b) If he needs to take a break in the middle of his story.
(c) If he has trouble remembering his story.
(d) If his tale is not well received.

13. What does the knight in the Wife of Bath's Tale do that gets him in trouble?
(a) He steals from the king.
(b) He rapes a young maiden.
(c) He kidnaps a young maiden.
(d) He speaks out against the queen.

14. What caused the Wife of Bath and Jankyn to fight?
(a) He had an affair.
(b) He refused to give her any money.
(c) He went on a fishing trip on their anniversary.
(d) He was reading about unfaithful women from his book.

15. Who does January marry?
(a) April.
(b) June.
(c) Aurora.
(d) May.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who asks the Squire for the next tale?

2. Who employs the summoner in The Friar's Tale?

3. What warning does the Narrator give the reader about the Miller's Tale?

4. What does the Reeve think of the Miller's Tale?

5. What is the yeoman's real identity?

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