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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the canon make the priest believe he turned quicksilver into?
(a) Bronze.
(b) Gold.
(c) Glass.
(d) Real silver.

2. What do the cameos the Monk tells center around?
(a) Trust.
(b) Deceit.
(c) Drunkenness.
(d) Fortune.

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

4. What books are retracted at the end of The Canterbury Tales?
(a) A book he has not yet published.
(b) None of them.
(c) All of his best works.
(d) The Canterbury Tales.

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

6. Who does Cecilia love?
(a) Tiburse.
(b) The Virgin Mary.
(c) Her father.
(d) Valerian.

7. What does the Parson tell as his “story”?
(a) A saint's life.
(b) Nothing; he does not tell a tale.
(c) A song.
(d) A sermon.

8. Who asks the Parson to tell a story?
(a) The Host.
(b) The Prioress.
(c) The Second Nun.
(d) The Pardoner.

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

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

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

12. Who is injured in the Tale of Melibee?
(a) Alison.
(b) Sophia.
(c) Everdeen.
(d) Chaucer.

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

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

15. Who killed the man in the coffin at the inn?
(a) A mercenary.
(b) A merchant who was wronged.
(c) A thief called Death.
(d) A knight.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of tale does the Host want the Monk to tell?

2. Who does Cecilia warn her new husband about?

3. Who is the focus of the first part of the Yeoman's tale?

4. Who does the canon in the Yeoman's Tale borrow a mark from?

5. What does the Host do after the Prioress's Tale?

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