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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the king in the Clerk’s Tale take his daughter from his wife?
(a) To test her loyalty.
(b) To send her to a school.
(c) In anger.
(d) To protect her from enemies.

2. Why does the Cook have to tell a good tale?
(a) To win the contest.
(b) To make up for the bad food he has sold.
(c) To answer the Reeve's tale.
(d) To keep the pilgrims entertained.

3. Who is released from prison?
(a) Neither Palamon nor Arcite are released.
(b) Palamon.
(c) Palamon and Arcite are both released.
(d) Arcite.

4. Why does the demon take the summoner to hell?
(a) He refuses to repent.
(b) To save the rich widow.
(c) It is part of their bargain.
(d) To save the farmer.

5. What is the question the knight must answer?
(a) What is happiness?
(b) What do women most desire?
(c) What is the key to happiness?
(d) What is love?

6. How was the fight between the Wife of Bath and Jankyn resolved?
(a) They came to an agreement.
(b) It wasn't.
(c) They divorced.
(d) He proposed to her.

7. How many wives has the Wife of Bath had?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Five.
(d) Seven.

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

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

10. Why does the king in the Squire’s Tale order a celebration?
(a) For the birth of his twentieth child.
(b) For his twentieth wedding anniversary.
(c) For his daughter's twentieth birthday.
(d) For the twentieth anniversary of his reign.

11. Where is the man from who told the Clerk his tale?
(a) London.
(b) Rome.
(c) Padua.
(d) Paris.

12. What kind of tale is the Squire asked to tell?
(a) A tale about religion.
(b) A tale about love.
(c) A tale about nobility.
(d) A tale about bravery.

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

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

15. What does the Reeve think of the Miller's Tale?
(a) He thinks it is more truth than fiction.
(b) He does not give an opinion.
(c) He dislikes it.
(d) He enjoys it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is different about the Wife of Bath's Prologue?

2. What is the job of the spies in The Friar's Tale?

3. Who is the focus of the Reeve's Tale?

4. Why does the Priest refuse to tell the next story?

5. Who comes to Alison's window after Nicholas and Alison spend the night together?

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