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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 warning does the Narrator give the reader about the Miller's Tale?
(a) The Narrator says the Miller's drunkenness makes the story appear backward.
(b) The Narrator says the tale might be offensive.
(c) The Narrator says the tale might be difficult to follow.
(d) The Narrator says the Miller's tale is incomplete.

2. Who is the focus of the Reeve's Tale?
(a) A knight.
(b) The Miller.
(c) A dishonest miller.
(d) A stupid parish priest.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is released from prison?

2. Who sleeps with the miller's wife?

3. What is different about the Miller's section in comparison to the Knight's section?

4. Who first sees Emilie and falls in love with her?

5. Who wrote The Canterbury Tales?

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