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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 is the question the knight must answer?
(a) What is love?
(b) What is the key to happiness?
(c) What do women most desire?
(d) What is happiness?

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

3. How many wives has the Wife of Bath had?
(a) Seven.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

4. How much of his debt can Aurelius pay?
(a) Half.
(b) Less than half.
(c) Nearly all.
(d) None.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Dorigen contemplate suicide?

2. Why does the Franklin interrupt the Squire?

3. Why is Aurelius despondent?

4. What does Dorigen see that makes her nervous about her husband's safety?

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

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