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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. What is the question the knight must answer?
(a) What is love?
(b) What do women most desire?
(c) What is happiness?
(d) What is the key to happiness?

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

3. Why does the Priest refuse to tell the next story?
(a) He is offended by the Host's swearing.
(b) He wants to hear the Shipman's tale.
(c) He will not participate in non-Christian contests.
(d) He is praying.

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

5. What kind of language does the Host use to ask the Man of Law to tell his tale?
(a) Latin.
(b) Vernacular.
(c) Legal language.
(d) French.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who sleeps with the miller's daughter?

2. Who wants to marry Lady Constance?

3. How was the fight between the Wife of Bath and Jankyn resolved?

4. Why does the demon take the summoner to hell?

5. Who employs the summoner in The Friar's Tale?

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