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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What flower does the Prioress name in her prologue?
(a) A rose.
(b) An orchid.
(c) A daisy.
(d) A lily.

2. Who directs the boy's mother to where his body has been cast in the Prioress's Tale?
(a) No one.
(b) The Virgin Mary.
(c) One of the Jewish boys.
(d) Jesus.

3. Who interrupts the Monk's Tale?
(a) The Host.
(b) The Nun's Priest.
(c) The Knight.
(d) The Parson.

4. Why does the Host use as many medical terms as he can when speaking to the Physician after his tale?
(a) To show that he has been educated in medical terminology.
(b) To show his praise of the story.
(c) To impress the rest of the pilgrims.
(d) To keep the conversation going.

5. What does Claudius accuse Virginius of doing?
(a) Stealing his goats.
(b) Killing his servant girl.
(c) Kidnapping his servant girl.
(d) Kidnapping his daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the Pardoner's Tale begin?

2. What does the Host do after the Prioress's Tale?

3. Who is the subject of the Second Nun's Tale?

4. What animal tricks Chanticleer?

5. Who is Cecilia forced to marry?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is common in the books Chaucer retracts?

2. What does the Pardoner admit about himself in his Prologue?

3. What is the style of the Nun's Priest's Tale?

4. Why does the Host interrupt Chaucer's telling of the Tale of Sir Topas?

5. What about the Shipman's Tale suggests that Chaucer originally intended the story to be told by a female character?

6. What does Chaucer suggest by saying the Tale of Sir Topas includes his best rhymes?

7. What is the twist at the end of the Pardoner's Tale?

8. What is Phoebus's downfall in the Manciple's Tale?

9. Why does the Knight interrupt the Monk's Tale?

10. What question is at the heart of the debate between Melibee and Prudence?

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