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

2. Who comes to Alison's window after Nicholas and Alison spend the night together?
(a) Absalom.
(b) An unknown townsperson.
(c) The Miller.
(d) John.

3. What happens when John falls through the ceiling?
(a) He breaks a leg.
(b) He breaks an arm.
(c) He kills Allison.
(d) He breaks Nicholas's arm.

4. How is the miller able to rob the manciple?
(a) The manciple trusts the miller.
(b) The manciple quits.
(c) The manciple only goes to work once a week.
(d) The manciple is ill one day.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the Narrator on his journey?

2. What is the Narrator's name?

3. What does Absalom get from the blacksmith?

4. Why does the Reeve feel the way he does about the Miller's Tale?

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

(see the answer key)

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