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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What gift does Thomas give the friar and his brothers?
(a) A burp.
(b) Food.
(c) Gold.
(d) A fart.

2. Why is the Narrator on his journey?
(a) He is competing in a knights' tournament.
(b) He is going to visit family.
(c) He is looking for work.
(d) He is on a religious pilgrimage.

3. Who will determine the best tale in the contest?
(a) The Host.
(b) The Pardoner.
(c) The Narrator.
(d) The group will vote.

4. What is different about the Miller's section in comparison to the Knight's section?
(a) All of the above.
(b) The Miller's story is not about nobility.
(c) The Miller has a Prologue.
(d) The Miller volunteers to tell a tale.

5. Who employs the summoner in The Friar's Tale?
(a) A priest.
(b) A bishop.
(c) A mayor.
(d) An archdeacon.

6. In the Clerk’s Tale, how does the king's charade end?
(a) His wife dies of heartache.
(b) The king marries his daughter.
(c) The king confesses that it was all a test.
(d) His wife is kidnapped by an enemy king.

7. Who asks the Squire for the next tale?
(a) The Friar.
(b) The Host.
(c) We do not know.
(d) The Narrator.

8. What does the Squire ask to be excused for?
(a) If he has trouble remembering his story.
(b) If his tale is not well received.
(c) If he needs to take a break in the middle of his story.
(d) If he says anything amiss.

9. Why is the Sultan baptized?
(a) He is Muslim and Lady Constance is Christian.
(b) She insists.
(c) Her father insists.
(d) He wants to be pure for Lady Constance.

10. Who interrupts the Squire's tale?
(a) The Host.
(b) The Franklin.
(c) The Prioress.
(d) The Narrator.

11. Who is the focus of the Reeve's Tale?
(a) A stupid parish priest.
(b) The Miller.
(c) A knight.
(d) A dishonest miller.

12. What is the yeoman's real identity?
(a) An angel.
(b) A priest.
(c) A ghost.
(d) A demon.

13. How much of his debt can Aurelius pay?
(a) Nearly all.
(b) None.
(c) Less than half.
(d) Half.

14. Who told the Clerk the tale he tells?
(a) Francis Petrarch.
(b) William Blake.
(c) Geoffrey Chaucer.
(d) William Shakespeare.

15. Who did the Host ask to speak after the Knight's Tale?
(a) The Nun's Priest.
(b) The Prioress.
(c) The Monk.
(d) The Wife of Bath.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who curses the summoner?

2. What does Thomas's wife want the friar to preach to Thomas about?

3. How many wives has the Wife of Bath had?

4. Why does the Reeve feel the way he does about the Miller's Tale?

5. Why does the knight's wife transform into a beautiful woman?

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