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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Man of Law's Prologue and Tale.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the Cook have to tell a good tale?
(a) To keep the pilgrims entertained.
(b) To make up for the bad food he has sold.
(c) To answer the Reeve's tale.
(d) To win the contest.

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

3. How long does Lady Constance roam at sea?
(a) Until the snows came.
(b) A year and a day.
(c) A liturgical year.
(d) “Many months.”

4. How is it determined that the Knight will tell the first tale?
(a) The pilgrims draw straws.
(b) The Host asks the Knight to go first.
(c) The Pardoner asks the Knight to go first.
(d) The Knight volunteers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What punishment does Theseus give Palamon and Arcite?

2. What does the corrupt man's wife have?

3. What is the Cook's name?

4. What does Absalom get from the blacksmith?

5. What is a manciple?

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