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

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

3. Who wrote The Canterbury Tales?
(a) Sir Gawain.
(b) Geoffrey Chaucer.
(c) William Shakespeare.
(d) Oscar Wilde.

4. Who reminds the Cook he must tell a good tale?
(a) The Prioress.
(b) The Pardoner.
(c) The Host.
(d) The Narrator.

5. Why does the Reeve want to tell the next tale?
(a) The Host asks him to tell the next story.
(b) The Narrator insists that he tell the next tale.
(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. How many husbands does the Wife of Bath consider “good?”

2. How is it determined that the Knight will tell the first tale?

3. Who helps the knight answer the question?

4. Who ultimately wins Emilie's hand?

5. What is different about the Wife of Bath's Prologue?

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