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

2. Who falls from his horse after the Yeoman's Tale?
(a) The Manciple.
(b) The Parson.
(c) The Pardoner.
(d) The Cook.

3. What do the Canon and the Yeoman do?
(a) The sing.
(b) They are alchemists.
(c) They beg for whatever they get.
(d) They sell fabric.

4. Who does the Host discover sleeping in his saddle?
(a) The Manciple.
(b) The Cook.
(c) The Parson.
(d) The Pardoner.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the Pardoner's Tale begin?

2. Who does the Prioress praise in her prologue?

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

4. What kind of tale does the Host want the Monk to tell?

5. What does the Second Nun warn against in her prologue?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What is the irony of the Pardoner in his argument with the Host?

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

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