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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What comparison does the Parson use for life?
(a) He says life is a pilgrimage.
(b) He says life is a dinner party.
(c) He says life is a tale.
(d) He says life is an ocean.

2. Who tells the Tale of Melibee?
(a) Chaucer.
(b) The Narrator.
(c) The speaker is not known.
(d) The Host.

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

4. How many sins does the Parson say everyone must avoid?
(a) He does not address a set number of sins.
(b) All of them.
(c) Only envy, since all others derive from it.
(d) Seven.

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

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

7. Where does the Prioress's Tale take place?
(a) Asia.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Spain.
(d) Jerusalem.

8. Who does the Host ask to tell the next tale?
(a) The Prioress.
(b) The Monk.
(c) The Pardoner.
(d) The Shipman.

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

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

11. What animal tricks Chanticleer?
(a) A dog.
(b) A rooster.
(c) A horse.
(d) A fox.

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

13. Who is the focus of the first part of the Yeoman's tale?
(a) The Yeoman.
(b) An unnamed yeoman.
(c) The Canon.
(d) An unnamed canon.

14. How does the youngest of the men find Death?
(a) He doesn't find Death.
(b) He trades his life with the wandering man.
(c) He is stabbed.
(d) He is poisoned.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who approaches the group after the Second Nun's Tale?

2. Why does Virginius kill Virginia?

3. Where does the Pardoner's Tale begin?

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

5. What is Phoebus' vice?

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