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

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

3. Why does the Reeve feel the way he does about the Miller's Tale?
(a) He was once a parish clerk.
(b) He remembers the event from a town he once lived in.
(c) He was once an astronomy student.
(d) He was once a carpenter.

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

5. What does the miller refill half the students' the flour sack with?
(a) Wheat.
(b) Sand.
(c) Bran.
(d) Baby powder.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a manciple?

2. Why is the Narrator on his journey?

3. What punishment does Theseus give Palamon and Arcite?

4. What does Nicholas tell John which allows him to spend the night with Alison?

5. Whose story moves Theseus to overthrow Creon?

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