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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where does the Prioress's Tale take place?
(a) Asia.
(b) Jerusalem.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Spain.
2. What do the Canon and the Yeoman do?
(a) They are alchemists.
(b) The sing.
(c) They sell fabric.
(d) They beg for whatever they get.
3. Who does Cecilia warn her new husband about?
(a) Valerian.
(b) Her guardian angel.
(c) Her father.
(d) Tiburse.
4. What happens to Sophia in the end of the Tale of Melibee?
(a) She marries one of the burglars.
(b) She lives out her days in the woods.
(c) She is killed.
(d) It is not known.
5. Who decrees Cecilia a saint after her death?
(a) Pope Urban.
(b) Pope Leo.
(c) Pope Benedict XVI.
(d) Pope John Paul II.
6. Why does the Host use as many medical terms as he can when speaking to the Physician after his tale?
(a) To impress the rest of the pilgrims.
(b) To show his praise of the story.
(c) To show that he has been educated in medical terminology.
(d) To keep the conversation going.
7. Who asks the Parson to tell a story?
(a) The Second Nun.
(b) The Pardoner.
(c) The Prioress.
(d) The Host.
8. How much money does the merchant's wife ask for?
(a) A hundred francs.
(b) Two hundred francs.
(c) Fifty francs.
(d) Seventy-five francs.
9. Where does the Tale of Sir Topas begin?
(a) London.
(b) Canterbury.
(c) Asia.
(d) Flanders.
10. Who is Cecilia forced to marry?
(a) Tiburse.
(b) A lord who conquers her father's kingdom.
(c) A corrupt deacon.
(d) Valerian.
11. Where does the Pardoner's Tale begin?
(a) Flanders.
(b) Stratford-upon-Avon.
(c) Canterbury.
(d) London.
12. What is Appius's profession?
(a) He is a judge.
(b) He is a knight.
(c) He works for the church.
(d) He is a merchant.
13. How many wives does Chanticleer have?
(a) Seven.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Three.
14. Who tells the Tale of Sir Topas?
(a) Sir Topas.
(b) Chaucer.
(c) The Host.
(d) The Manciple.
15. What kind of tale do the pilgrims ask the Pardoner to tell?
(a) One about faith.
(b) A vulgar one.
(c) A comedic one.
(d) One with a moral.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Chanticleer escape his captor?
2. Who offers to tell a tale after the Yeoman's Tale?
3. What kind of tale does the Monk tell?
4. Who directs the boy's mother to where his body has been cast in the Prioress's Tale?
5. Who does the Host ask to tell the next tale?
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