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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 punishment does Theseus give Palamon and Arcite?
(a) Imprisonment in Athens.
(b) Servitude in Athens.
(c) Servitude in Creon.
(d) Imprisonment in Thebes.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who sleeps with the miller's wife?

3. What does the miller refill half the students' the flour sack with?

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

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

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