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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What punishment does Theseus give Palamon and Arcite?
(a) Servitude in Creon.
(b) Imprisonment in Athens.
(c) Servitude in Athens.
(d) Imprisonment in Thebes.

2. What does the corrupt man's wife have?
(a) An inn.
(b) A library.
(c) An inheritance.
(d) A shop.

3. What is the standard punishment for the knight's crime?
(a) Imprisonment.
(b) Banishment.
(c) Death.
(d) Servitude.

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What animal does the king's daughter nurse back to health in the Squire’s Tale?
(a) A horse.
(b) A falcon.
(c) An owl.
(d) A cat.

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

12. What kind of tale does the Friar offer to tell?
(a) A comedic tale.
(b) A tale about a summoner.
(c) A tale about authority.
(d) A tale about scripture.

13. Who does the king in the Clerk’s Tale choose as his bride?
(a) She is not named.
(b) Janicula.
(c) Griselda.
(d) Alison.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How much of his debt can Aurelius pay?

3. What does the Squire ask to be excused for?

4. Why is the apprentice cook able to revel all day?

5. Why does the Reeve want to tell the next tale?

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