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

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

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

4. What does Nicholas tell John which allows him to spend the night with Alison?
(a) He must travel to London to save his soul.
(b) He insists that Alison is possessed by a spirit and only he can exorcise it.
(c) There will be a spectacular meteor shower.
(d) A second flood is coming.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who reminds the Cook he must tell a good tale?

2. Where were the friars in the vision from the Summoner's Prologue?

3. What is a manciple?

4. What is different about the Miller's section in comparison to the Knight's section?

5. Who sleeps with the miller's wife?

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