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

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

3. How does the Summoner react to the Friar's Tale?
(a) He is angry.
(b) He expresses no opinion about it.
(c) He finds it funny.
(d) He enjoys it.

4. Who is the focus of the Man of Law's tale?
(a) Merchants.
(b) Innkeepers.
(c) Men of law.
(d) Pilgrims.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the apprentice cook able to revel all day?

2. What animal does the king's daughter nurse back to health in the Squire’s Tale?

3. Who interrupts the Squire's tale?

4. Who restores January's sight?

5. Who does the king in the Clerk’s Tale choose as his bride?

(see the answer key)

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