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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. What kind of tale is the Squire asked to tell?
(a) A tale about religion.
(b) A tale about nobility.
(c) A tale about bravery.
(d) A tale about love.

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

3. Who wrote The Canterbury Tales?
(a) Sir Gawain.
(b) Geoffrey Chaucer.
(c) Oscar Wilde.
(d) William Shakespeare.

4. What is the subject of the Merchant's Tale?
(a) Travel.
(b) Religion.
(c) Finance.
(d) Marriage.

5. What wakes John?
(a) A rooster.
(b) Absalom wakes him to tell him what's happening.
(c) A townsperson.
(d) Nicholas's cry for water.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when the friar returns to the convent?

2. Who does the Second Nun invoke in her prologue?

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

4. Why does the Franklin interrupt the Squire?

5. What vision did the friar in the Summoner's Prologue have?

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