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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. Where were the friars in the vision from the Summoner's Prologue?
(a) Under Satan's wings.
(b) Roaming earth.
(c) Swarming Satan's “arse.”
(d) In the mud of the hell for swine.

2. What does the corrupt man's wife have?
(a) A library.
(b) A shop.
(c) An inn.
(d) An inheritance.

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

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

5. Who is the mysterious guest that appears at the king's celebration in the Squire’s Tale?
(a) An old woman from London.
(b) A warrior from a distant land.
(c) A suitor.
(d) A knight from Araby.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the king in the Clerk’s Tale take his daughter from his wife?

2. Who is planning to attack the Christians at the wedding feast?

3. Who told the Clerk the tale he tells?

4. Why does the Reeve feel the way he does about the Miller's Tale?

5. Who does the Man of Law say has already told all the good stories?

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