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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is Arveragus?
(a) The knight in the Franklin's Tale.
(b) The squire in the Franklin's Tale.
(c) The merchant in the Franklin's Tale.
(d) The king in the Franklin's Tale.

3. How much money does the merchant's wife ask for?
(a) Two hundred francs.
(b) A hundred francs.
(c) Seventy-five francs.
(d) Fifty francs.

4. Whose story moves Theseus to overthrow Creon?
(a) Emilie.
(b) Hippolyte.
(c) Palamon and Arcite.
(d) Four women whose husbands have died.

5. Who wants to marry Lady Constance?
(a) The Sultan.
(b) Lady Constance's cousin.
(c) The Sultan's son.
(d) The merchants.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Sir John?

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

3. What does the Squire ask to be excused for?

4. What vision did the friar in the Summoner's Prologue have?

5. How is it determined that the Knight will tell the first tale?

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