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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the king in the Squire’s Tale order a celebration?
(a) For his twentieth wedding anniversary.
(b) For his daughter's twentieth birthday.
(c) For the birth of his twentieth child.
(d) For the twentieth anniversary of his reign.

2. What is different about the Wife of Bath's Prologue?
(a) It is in song.
(b) It is only one sentence.
(c) It is not told by the Wife of Bath.
(d) It is very long.

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

4. Whose story moves Theseus to overthrow Creon?
(a) Hippolyte.
(b) Palamon and Arcite.
(c) Emilie.
(d) Four women whose husbands have died.

5. What flower does the Prioress name in her prologue?
(a) A lily.
(b) A daisy.
(c) An orchid.
(d) A rose.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Sophia in the end of the Tale of Melibee?

2. What happens to Appius at the end of the Physician's Tale?

3. In the Squire’s Tale, what gift is the king's daughter given by the mysterious guest?

4. How does Chanticleer escape his captor?

5. What does the Host do after the Prioress's Tale?

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