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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the Wife of Bath meet Jankyn?
(a) On her birthday.
(b) On a pilgrimage.
(c) In church.
(d) At her fourth husband's funeral.

2. 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.

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

4. What is a manciple?
(a) An owner of the mill.
(b) A shift supervisor.
(c) An accountant.
(d) A steward.

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

6. In the Clerk’s Tale, how does the king's charade end?
(a) His wife dies of heartache.
(b) The king marries his daughter.
(c) His wife is kidnapped by an enemy king.
(d) The king confesses that it was all a test.

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

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

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

10. Who tells the Franklin to go on with his tale?
(a) The Host.
(b) The Squire.
(c) The Knight.
(d) The Prioress.

11. How long does Lady Constance roam at sea?
(a) Until the snows came.
(b) A year and a day.
(c) “Many months.”
(d) A liturgical year.

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

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

14. What is the yeoman's real identity?
(a) An angel.
(b) A priest.
(c) A demon.
(d) A ghost.

15. How much of his debt can Aurelius pay?
(a) Half.
(b) Less than half.
(c) Nearly all.
(d) None.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the prize for the best tale?

2. Whose story moves Theseus to overthrow Creon?

3. What happens when the friar returns to the convent?

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

5. How is it determined that the Knight will tell the first tale?

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