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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 is the apprentice cook able to revel all day?
(a) He quits his apprenticeship.
(b) He is dismissed by his master.
(c) He becomes a private cook for a man who travels frequently.
(d) He marries a rich woman.

2. What is the name of the apprentice cook?
(a) He is unnamed.
(b) Roger.
(c) Perkin.
(d) Landon.

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

4. What is the Cook's name?
(a) Roger.
(b) Geoffrey.
(c) He is not named.
(d) Luke.

5. Who is released from prison?
(a) Neither Palamon nor Arcite are released.
(b) Palamon.
(c) Arcite.
(d) Palamon and Arcite are both released.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of language does the Host use to ask the Man of Law to tell his tale?

3. What does Nicholas tell John which allows him to spend the night with Alison?

4. What does the Man of Law say he will not use in his tale?

5. Who is planning to attack the Christians at the wedding feast?

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