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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is the subject of the Second Nun's Tale?
(a) Thomas.
(b) Cecilia.
(c) The nun herself.
(d) Francis.

3. What color are the crow's feathers after Phoebus replaces them?
(a) White.
(b) Blue.
(c) Black.
(d) Red.

4. How does the merchant's wife offer to repay her loan?
(a) In bed.
(b) With love.
(c) By leaving the merchant.
(d) By doing one favor at any time.

5. What does Claudius accuse Virginius of doing?
(a) Kidnapping his servant girl.
(b) Killing his servant girl.
(c) Stealing his goats.
(d) Kidnapping his daughter.

6. What is Phoebus' vice?
(a) Gluttony.
(b) Jealousy.
(c) Anger.
(d) Vanity.

7. How many wives does Chanticleer have?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Three.
(c) Seven.
(d) Fifteen.

8. Who is Cecilia forced to marry?
(a) A lord who conquers her father's kingdom.
(b) Valerian.
(c) A corrupt deacon.
(d) Tiburse.

9. What kind of tale does the Monk tell?
(a) Comdeic.
(b) Religious.
(c) Happy.
(d) Tragic.

10. What kind of tale do the pilgrims ask the Pardoner to tell?
(a) One about faith.
(b) A comedic one.
(c) A vulgar one.
(d) One with a moral.

11. Who directs the boy's mother to where his body has been cast in the Prioress's Tale?
(a) Jesus.
(b) The Virgin Mary.
(c) No one.
(d) One of the Jewish boys.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the Host use as many medical terms as he can when speaking to the Physician after his tale?

2. Who falls from his horse after the Yeoman's Tale?

3. Who does the Host ask to tell the next tale?

4. What does the Parson tell as his “story”?

5. What animal tricks Chanticleer?

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