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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 vision did the friar in the Summoner's Prologue have?
(a) The Holy Lands.
(b) Space.
(c) Hell.
(d) Earth.

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

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

4. Why does the king in the Squire’s Tale order a celebration?
(a) For his twentieth wedding anniversary.
(b) For the birth of his twentieth child.
(c) For the twentieth anniversary of his reign.
(d) For his daughter's twentieth birthday.

5. What is different about the Miller's section in comparison to the Knight's section?
(a) The Miller volunteers to tell a tale.
(b) The Miller has a Prologue.
(c) All of the above.
(d) The Miller's story is not about nobility.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal does the king's daughter nurse back to health in the Squire’s Tale?

2. What happens when John falls through the ceiling?

3. Why is the Sultan baptized?

4. Who wants to marry Lady Constance?

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

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