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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. Who is Virginia?
(a) Appius's daughter.
(b) Appius's wife.
(c) Virginius's daughter.
(d) Virginius's wife.

2. Who directs the boy's mother to where his body has been cast in the Prioress's Tale?
(a) No one.
(b) One of the Jewish boys.
(c) Jesus.
(d) The Virgin Mary.

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

4. Where does the Tale of Sir Topas begin?
(a) Flanders.
(b) Asia.
(c) Canterbury.
(d) London.

5. Who tells the Tale of Sir Topas?
(a) Sir Topas.
(b) The Manciple.
(c) Chaucer.
(d) The Host.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Phoebus' vice?

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

3. Where does the Pardoner's Tale begin?

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

5. What animal tricks Chanticleer?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the parallel between the Canon's Yeoman's Prologue and his Tale?

2. How does the Prioress emphasize the idea that the boy in her tale is a victim?

3. What is the significance of Virginia's name in the Physician's Tale?

4. What becomes the downfall for both Chanticleer and the fox in the Nun's Priest's Tale?

5. What does the Pardoner admit about himself in his Prologue?

6. What is the purpose of the Canon's Yeoman's Prologue?

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

8. What kind of a man is Phoebus in the Manciple's Tale?

9. What is the lesson the Second Nun's Tale teaches women?

10. Why does the Knight interrupt the Monk's Tale?

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