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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Sophia in the end of the Tale of Melibee?
(a) She lives out her days in the woods.
(b) It is not known.
(c) She is killed.
(d) She marries one of the burglars.

2. Who interrupts the Monk's Tale?
(a) The Host.
(b) The Knight.
(c) The Parson.
(d) The Nun's Priest.

3. What flower does the Prioress name in her prologue?
(a) An orchid.
(b) A lily.
(c) A rose.
(d) A daisy.

4. How does Chanticleer escape his captor?
(a) Through patience.
(b) By singing him to sleep.
(c) He doesn't escape.
(d) By tricking him.

5. What color is Phoebus' crow?
(a) Black.
(b) Blue.
(c) White.
(d) Red.

6. Who interrupts the Tale of Sir Topas?
(a) The Miller.
(b) Several of the pilgrims.
(c) The Monk.
(d) The Host.

7. What happens to Appius at the end of the Physician's Tale?
(a) He is hanged.
(b) He is exiled.
(c) He is imprisoned.
(d) He flees.

8. Who is the speaker of Chaucer's Retraction?
(a) Chaucer.
(b) The speaker is not named.
(c) The Narrator.
(d) The Host.

9. What is Virginius's profession?
(a) He works for the church.
(b) He is a merchant.
(c) He is a knight.
(d) He is a judge.

10. Who offers to tell a tale after the Yeoman's Tale?
(a) The Pardoner.
(b) The Parson.
(c) The Manciple.
(d) The Cook.

11. Why does the Canon leave the group?
(a) He is ashamed.
(b) He is late for an appointment.
(c) He no longer wants to hear the pilgrims' stories.
(d) He doesn't leave the group.

12. Who is Sir John?
(a) A frequent guest of the shipman.
(b) A frequent guest of the nun.
(c) A frequent guest of the merchant.
(d) The knight's squire.

13. Who falls from his horse after the Yeoman's Tale?
(a) The Manciple.
(b) The Cook.
(c) The Parson.
(d) The Pardoner.

14. Who does the speaker of the Retraction ask to pray for him?
(a) Everyone.
(b) The Pilgrims.
(c) Chaucer.
(d) The Host.

15. Who does the canon in the Yeoman's Tale borrow a mark from?
(a) A monk.
(b) A yeoman.
(c) A priest.
(d) A merchant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the canon make the priest believe he turned quicksilver into?

2. What does Claudius accuse Virginius of doing?

3. How does the youngest of the men find Death?

4. Who does the Host discover sleeping in his saddle?

5. Who does Cecilia warn her new husband about?

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