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

2. What does the knight in the Wife of Bath's Tale do that gets him in trouble?
(a) He steals from the king.
(b) He speaks out against the queen.
(c) He rapes a young maiden.
(d) He kidnaps a young maiden.

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

4. Who is planning to attack the Christians at the wedding feast?
(a) The Sultan's mother.
(b) The Sultan's brother.
(c) The Sultan's men.
(d) The Sultan.

5. Who sleeps with the miller's wife?
(a) The manciple.
(b) The miller.
(c) John.
(d) Alan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the miller refill half the students' the flour sack with?

2. What caused the Wife of Bath and Jankyn to fight?

3. Why is the Friar warned before he tells his tale?

4. Who wrote The Canterbury Tales?

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

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