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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What warning does the Narrator give the reader about the Miller's Tale?
(a) The Narrator says the tale might be difficult to follow.
(b) The Narrator says the tale might be offensive.
(c) The Narrator says the Miller's drunkenness makes the story appear backward.
(d) The Narrator says the Miller's tale is incomplete.

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

3. What caused the Wife of Bath and Jankyn to fight?
(a) He went on a fishing trip on their anniversary.
(b) He refused to give her any money.
(c) He was reading about unfaithful women from his book.
(d) He had an affair.

4. What vision did the friar in the Summoner's Prologue have?
(a) Space.
(b) The Holy Lands.
(c) Earth.
(d) Hell.

5. How is it determined that the Knight will tell the first tale?
(a) The Pardoner asks the Knight to go first.
(b) The Knight volunteers.
(c) The pilgrims draw straws.
(d) The Host asks the Knight to go first.

6. Who does the Man of Law say has already told all the good stories?
(a) The writers of the Bible.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Chaucer.
(d) The Knight.

7. What is the prize for the best tale?
(a) Forgiveness from the Pardoner.
(b) The cost of the trip paid for.
(c) A meal paid for by the other pilgrims.
(d) Bragging rights.

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

9. Who does the summoner swear to be brothers with?
(a) A yeoman.
(b) A merchant.
(c) Another summoner.
(d) A miller.

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

11. Who tells the Wife of Bath he thinks questions of authority and scripture should be left to the proper authorities?
(a) The Summoner.
(b) The Host.
(c) The Friar.
(d) The Narrator.

12. Who warns the Friar before he tells his tale?
(a) The Host.
(b) The Monk.
(c) The Summoner.
(d) The Nun's Priest.

13. Why is Aurelius despondent?
(a) He has been sentenced to death.
(b) He misses Arveragus.
(c) He is lost.
(d) He is in love with Dorigen.

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

15. Who curses the summoner?
(a) The yeoman.
(b) A farmer.
(c) The archdeacon.
(d) A rich widow.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Clerk’s Tale, how old is the king's son when he is taken?

2. Why does Dorigen contemplate suicide?

3. Where does the apprentice cook work?

4. Why does the Summoner say the Friar's Tale is well documented?

5. What is the standard punishment for the knight's crime?

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