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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. Where is the Narrator going?
(a) Canterbury.
(b) Jerusalem.
(c) The town is not given.
(d) London.

2. Who ultimately wins Emilie's hand?
(a) Theseus.
(b) No one; she remains unmarried.
(c) Palamon.
(d) Arcite.

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

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

5. Why does the Reeve want to tell the next tale?
(a) The Host asks him to tell the next story.
(b) To pay the Miller back for his story.
(c) To show the Miller he is not the type of character from the Miller's Tale.
(d) The Narrator insists that he tell the next tale.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a manciple?

2. What does Absalom get from the blacksmith?

3. What does the Reeve think of the Miller's Tale?

4. Who will determine the best tale in the contest?

5. Why is the Narrator on his journey?

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