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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who does Cecilia warn her new husband about?
(a) Valerian.
(b) Tiburse.
(c) Her guardian angel.
(d) Her father.

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

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

6. Where does the Manciple's Tale begin?
(a) Canterbury.
(b) A faraway land.
(c) The forest.
(d) Egypt.

7. Who does the Prioress praise in her prologue?
(a) The Host.
(b) God.
(c) St. Thomas Beckett.
(d) The Virgin Mary.

8. How much money does the merchant's wife ask for?
(a) Fifty francs.
(b) Two hundred francs.
(c) Seventy-five francs.
(d) A hundred francs.

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

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

11. Why does Virginius kill Virginia?
(a) Because she lied to him.
(b) To keep her from killing him.
(c) So she will remain pure.
(d) He doesn't.

12. Who does the Second Nun invoke in her prologue?
(a) St. Cecilia.
(b) The Virgin Mary.
(c) St. Francis de Sales.
(d) St. Thomas Beckett.

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

14. Where does the Pardoner's Tale begin?
(a) Canterbury.
(b) London.
(c) Stratford-upon-Avon.
(d) Flanders.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Appius at the end of the Physician's Tale?

2. What do the cameos the Monk tells center around?

3. Who tells the Tale of Melibee?

4. What animal is Chanticleer?

5. What color is Phoebus' crow?

(see the answer keys)

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