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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the knight's wife transform into a beautiful woman?
(a) She doesn't.
(b) He lets her make a decision.
(c) The queen allows her to.
(d) He asks her to.

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

3. Who reminds the Cook he must tell a good tale?
(a) The Host.
(b) The Narrator.
(c) The Prioress.
(d) The Pardoner.

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

5. Where were the friars in the vision from the Summoner's Prologue?
(a) Swarming Satan's “arse.”
(b) Under Satan's wings.
(c) Roaming earth.
(d) In the mud of the hell for swine.

6. What happens when John falls through the ceiling?
(a) He breaks a leg.
(b) He breaks an arm.
(c) He breaks Nicholas's arm.
(d) He kills Allison.

7. Who helps the knight answer the question?
(a) Another knight.
(b) An old, ugly woman.
(c) The queen.
(d) Venus, the goddess of love.

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

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

10. Who is the focus of the Summoner's Tale?
(a) A friar.
(b) A friar's wife.
(c) A summoner.
(d) A priest.

11. Why does the Franklin interrupt the Squire?
(a) To start a debate with the Miller.
(b) To ask a question.
(c) To compliment him.
(d) To insult him.

12. What is the job of the spies in The Friar's Tale?
(a) To get information for homilies.
(b) To gather information about parish members.
(c) To find out who is speaking out against the church.
(d) To gather tithes from parish members.

13. How does the Summoner react to the Friar's Tale?
(a) He is angry.
(b) He finds it funny.
(c) He expresses no opinion about it.
(d) He enjoys it.

14. Who ultimately wins Emilie's hand?
(a) No one; she remains unmarried.
(b) Theseus.
(c) Arcite.
(d) Palamon.

15. What does the miller refill half the students' the flour sack with?
(a) Bran.
(b) Baby powder.
(c) Wheat.
(d) Sand.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was the fight between the Wife of Bath and Jankyn resolved?

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

3. Why does Dorigen contemplate suicide?

4. Who asks the Clerk to tell the next story?

5. What warning does the Narrator give the reader about the Miller's Tale?

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