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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nicholas tell John which allows him to spend the night with Alison?
(a) There will be a spectacular meteor shower.
(b) He insists that Alison is possessed by a spirit and only he can exorcise it.
(c) He must travel to London to save his soul.
(d) A second flood is coming.

2. Who is planning to attack the Christians at the wedding feast?
(a) The Sultan.
(b) The Sultan's brother.
(c) The Sultan's men.
(d) The Sultan's mother.

3. How do the other two men find Death?
(a) They die of old age.
(b) They are stabbed.
(c) They don't find Death.
(d) They are poisoned.

4. What wakes John?
(a) A rooster.
(b) Absalom wakes him to tell him what's happening.
(c) Nicholas's cry for water.
(d) A townsperson.

5. What kind of language does the Host use to ask the Man of Law to tell his tale?
(a) Vernacular.
(b) Legal language.
(c) French.
(d) Latin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the Host use as many medical terms as he can when speaking to the Physician after his tale?

2. What does the friar in the Summoner's Tale promise in exchange for whatever the parishioners will give?

3. Why does the Summoner say the Friar's Tale is well documented?

4. What kind of tale do the pilgrims ask the Pardoner to tell?

5. What does the Man of Law say he will not use in his tale?

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