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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the Host use as many medical terms as he can when speaking to the Physician after his tale?
(a) To show that he has been educated in medical terminology.
(b) To keep the conversation going.
(c) To impress the rest of the pilgrims.
(d) To show his praise of the story.

2. How do the other two men find Death?
(a) They are stabbed.
(b) They don't find Death.
(c) They die of old age.
(d) They are poisoned.

3. Who tells the Tale of Melibee?
(a) The speaker is not known.
(b) The Host.
(c) Chaucer.
(d) The Narrator.

4. Who comes to Alison's window after Nicholas and Alison spend the night together?
(a) John.
(b) An unknown townsperson.
(c) The Miller.
(d) Absalom.

5. What vision did the friar in the Summoner's Prologue have?
(a) Space.
(b) Earth.
(c) The Holy Lands.
(d) Hell.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Claudius accuse Virginius of doing?

2. How many children does the king in the Squire's Tale have?

3. What is the standard punishment for the knight's crime?

4. Who wrote The Canterbury Tales?

5. Who sleeps with the miller's daughter?

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