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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 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.

2. What color are the crow's feathers after Phoebus replaces them?
(a) Red.
(b) Black.
(c) White.
(d) Blue.

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

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

5. What flower does the Prioress name in her prologue?
(a) An orchid.
(b) A daisy.
(c) A rose.
(d) A lily.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where does the Prioress's Tale take place?

4. What do the Canon and the Yeoman do?

5. Who does the Host ask to tell the next tale?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Phoebus's downfall in the Manciple's Tale?

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

3. What is the parallel between the Prioress's Prologue and her Tale?

4. Why is it fitting that the tales end with something from Chaucer?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What question is at the heart of the debate between Melibee and Prudence?

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