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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of tale does the Monk tell?

2. Who is the focus of the Shipman's Tale?

3. Who does Cecilia warn her new husband about?

4. How does the youngest of the men find Death?

5. Who does the speaker of the Retraction ask to pray for him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the moral the Canon's Yeoman is trying to get across?

2. Why is the Second Nun's Tale so appropriate for her?

3. What is a possible reason Chaucer writes his retraction?

4. What is the theology of life the Parson presents in his tale?

5. Why does Virginius kill his daughter?

6. What is common in the books Chaucer retracts?

7. What about the Shipman's Tale suggests that Chaucer originally intended the story to be told by a female character?

8. Why does the Host interrupt Chaucer's telling of the Tale of Sir Topas?

9. Where is the inspiration for the Manciple's Tale?

10. What is the twist at the end of the Pardoner's Tale?

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