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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the friar tell Thomas the brothers have been praying for him?
(a) His wife has promised their estate to the friar.
(b) He is rewriting his will.
(c) He has been ill a long time.
(d) His wife asks the friar to say that.

2. Who sleeps with the miller's wife?
(a) The manciple.
(b) Alan.
(c) John.
(d) The miller.

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

4. Why does the Summoner say the Friar's Tale is well documented?
(a) Because even Chaucer wrote on friars.
(b) Because no friar was known to be in the company of angels.
(c) Because friars are often in the company of demons.
(d) Because he knows many friar who have made deals with devils.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the friar in the Summoner's Tale promise in exchange for whatever the parishioners will give?

3. Who does the summoner swear to be brothers with?

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

5. What does the knight in the Wife of Bath's Tale do that gets him in trouble?

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