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

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

3. Who first sees Emilie and falls in love with her?
(a) Palamon.
(b) Arcite.
(c) Neither; Emilie first sees Arcite and falls in love with him.
(d) Palamon and Arcite see her simultaneously.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is the Narrator on his journey?

3. Who comes to Alison's window after Nicholas and Alison spend the night together?

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

5. Who is the focus of the Reeve's Tale?

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