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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. Where does the apprentice cook work?
(a) Canterbury.
(b) London.
(c) On a ship.
(d) Dublin.

2. How many husbands does the Wife of Bath consider “good?”
(a) None of them.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) All of them.

3. How is the miller able to rob the manciple?
(a) The manciple quits.
(b) The manciple only goes to work once a week.
(c) The manciple trusts the miller.
(d) The manciple is ill one day.

4. What does Absalom get from the blacksmith?
(a) Tongs.
(b) A sword.
(c) A red-hot poker.
(d) An anvil.

5. Why does the Reeve want to tell the next tale?
(a) The Narrator insists that he tell the next tale.
(b) The Host asks him to tell the next story.
(c) To show the Miller he is not the type of character from the Miller's Tale.
(d) To pay the Miller back for his story.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who first sees Emilie and falls in love with her?

2. What happens when John falls through the ceiling?

3. What does Thomas's wife want the friar to preach to Thomas about?

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

5. Who warns the Friar before he tells his tale?

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