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

2. What does the Reeve think of the Miller's Tale?
(a) He enjoys it.
(b) He thinks it is more truth than fiction.
(c) He does not give an opinion.
(d) He dislikes it.

3. What does Absalom get from the blacksmith?
(a) A sword.
(b) An anvil.
(c) A red-hot poker.
(d) Tongs.

4. What is a manciple?
(a) An owner of the mill.
(b) A shift supervisor.
(c) A steward.
(d) An accountant.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when John falls through the ceiling?

2. Why is the Narrator on his journey?

3. Who sleeps with the miller's wife?

4. Who wrote The Canterbury Tales?

5. Who did the Host ask to speak after the Knight's Tale?

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