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

2. What kind of tale does the Host want the Monk to tell?
(a) A happy tale.
(b) A tale of nobility.
(c) A tale of friendship.
(d) A tale of love.

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

4. Who interrupts the Monk's Tale?
(a) The Host.
(b) The Parson.
(c) The Knight.
(d) The Nun's Priest.

5. How much of the town in the Prioress's Tale is Jewish?
(a) Nearly 75%.
(b) About 25%.
(c) About 50%.
(d) Less than 10%.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Virginius's profession?

2. Why does Virginius kill Virginia?

3. How many times does the canon trick the priest?

4. Who does Cecilia warn her new husband about?

5. Who is Virginia?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Chaucer suggest by saying the Tale of Sir Topas includes his best rhymes?

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

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

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

5. What is the common moral in the Monk's tragedies?

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

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

8. What contributes heavily to the length of the Tale of Melibee?

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

10. How is the merchant's wife able to buy the clothes she wants?

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