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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Narrator's name?
(a) The Narrator's name is not given.
(b) Geoffrey Chaucer.
(c) Sir Gawain.
(d) Sir Topas.

2. Who is released from prison?
(a) Palamon and Arcite are both released.
(b) Palamon.
(c) Neither Palamon nor Arcite are released.
(d) Arcite.

3. Who will determine the best tale in the contest?
(a) The group will vote.
(b) The Pardoner.
(c) The Host.
(d) The Narrator.

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

5. Who first sees Emilie and falls in love with her?
(a) Neither; Emilie first sees Arcite and falls in love with him.
(b) Arcite.
(c) Palamon.
(d) Palamon and Arcite see her simultaneously.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the focus of the Reeve's Tale?

2. What does Absalom get from the blacksmith?

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

4. Who wrote The Canterbury Tales?

5. Why is the Narrator on his journey?

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