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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of tale does the Monk tell?
(a) Happy.
(b) Religious.
(c) Comdeic.
(d) Tragic.

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

3. Why does Dorigen contemplate suicide?
(a) She becomes ill.
(b) Arveragus has been killed in battle.
(c) Aurelius gets her pregnant.
(d) Aurelius completed the task she challenged him with.

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

5. What do the cameos the Monk tells center around?
(a) Trust.
(b) Drunkenness.
(c) Fortune.
(d) Deceit.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Aurelius despondent?

2. Who tells the Franklin to go on with his tale?

3. Why does the Franklin interrupt the Squire?

4. Where did the Wife of Bath meet Jankyn?

5. How was the fight between the Wife of Bath and Jankyn resolved?

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