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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does Lady Constance roam at sea?
(a) A year and a day.
(b) “Many months.”
(c) Until the snows came.
(d) A liturgical year.

2. What is different about the Wife of Bath's Prologue?
(a) It is in song.
(b) It is not told by the Wife of Bath.
(c) It is only one sentence.
(d) It is very long.

3. What is the standard punishment for the knight's crime?
(a) Death.
(b) Banishment.
(c) Servitude.
(d) Imprisonment.

4. Who asks the Squire for the next tale?
(a) The Narrator.
(b) The Friar.
(c) The Host.
(d) We do not know.

5. Why is the Narrator on his journey?
(a) He is looking for work.
(b) He is on a religious pilgrimage.
(c) He is going to visit family.
(d) He is competing in a knights' tournament.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes to Alison's window after Nicholas and Alison spend the night together?

2. Who sleeps with the miller's daughter?

3. In the Clerk’s Tale, how old is the king's son when he is taken?

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

5. Who curses the summoner?

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