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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 is the prize for the best tale?
(a) The cost of the trip paid for.
(b) Forgiveness from the Pardoner.
(c) A meal paid for by the other pilgrims.
(d) Bragging rights.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the Narrator on his journey?

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

3. What warning does the Narrator give the reader about the Miller's Tale?

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

5. How is it determined that the Knight will tell the first tale?

(see the answer key)

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