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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is different about the Miller's section in comparison to the Knight's section?
(a) The Miller volunteers to tell a tale.
(b) The Miller's story is not about nobility.
(c) All of the above.
(d) The Miller has a Prologue.

2. Who told the Clerk the tale he tells?
(a) Geoffrey Chaucer.
(b) William Shakespeare.
(c) William Blake.
(d) Francis Petrarch.

3. Where is the Narrator going?
(a) The town is not given.
(b) Canterbury.
(c) Jerusalem.
(d) London.

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

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

6. Why is the Friar warned before he tells his tale?
(a) To keep his tale short.
(b) To keep his tale entertaining.
(c) To keep him from using bad language.
(d) To keep his tale from being uncomplimentary.

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

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

9. 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.

10. What does Nicholas tell John which allows him to spend the night with Alison?
(a) He must travel to London to save his soul.
(b) A second flood is coming.
(c) There will be a spectacular meteor shower.
(d) He insists that Alison is possessed by a spirit and only he can exorcise it.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the king in the Clerk’s Tale forge in order to pretend to be free from his wife?

2. In the Squire’s Tale, what gift is the king's daughter given by the mysterious guest?

3. What is the Cook's name?

4. What is the name of the apprentice cook?

5. What does the friar in the Summoner's Tale promise in exchange for whatever the parishioners will give?

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