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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why does Dorigen contemplate suicide?
(a) She becomes ill.
(b) Aurelius completed the task she challenged him with.
(c) Aurelius gets her pregnant.
(d) Arveragus has been killed in battle.

4. What is the Cook's name?
(a) He is not named.
(b) Roger.
(c) Geoffrey.
(d) Luke.

5. Why does the Reeve want to tell the next tale?
(a) The Host asks him to tell the next story.
(b) To show the Miller he is not the type of character from the Miller's Tale.
(c) To pay the Miller back for his story.
(d) The Narrator insists that he tell the next tale.

6. What is the name of the king in the Clerk's Tale?
(a) Edmund.
(b) Francis.
(c) Roger.
(d) Walter.

7. Why does the friar tell Thomas the brothers have been praying for him?
(a) His wife has promised their estate to the friar.
(b) He is rewriting his will.
(c) He has been ill a long time.
(d) His wife asks the friar to say that.

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

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

10. Where are the Syrian merchants when they hear of Lady Constance?
(a) Paris.
(b) London.
(c) Milan.
(d) Rome.

11. Why does the Priest refuse to tell the next story?
(a) He is offended by the Host's swearing.
(b) He wants to hear the Shipman's tale.
(c) He is praying.
(d) He will not participate in non-Christian contests.

12. What does Thomas's wife want the friar to preach to Thomas about?
(a) Lust.
(b) Anger.
(c) Envy.
(d) Gluttony.

13. Who is Arveragus?
(a) The king in the Franklin's Tale.
(b) The squire in the Franklin's Tale.
(c) The merchant in the Franklin's Tale.
(d) The knight in the Franklin's Tale.

14. Why is the apprentice cook able to revel all day?
(a) He marries a rich woman.
(b) He is dismissed by his master.
(c) He becomes a private cook for a man who travels frequently.
(d) He quits his apprenticeship.

15. Who speaks out on the knight's behalf to change his punishment?
(a) A priest.
(b) The knight's comrades.
(c) The king's son.
(d) The ladies of the court.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who warns the Friar before he tells his tale?

2. What does the friar in the Summoner's Tale promise in exchange for whatever the parishioners will give?

3. What is the name of the apprentice cook?

4. What happens when John falls through the ceiling?

5. What is a manciple?

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