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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 do the cameos the Monk tells center around?
(a) Fortune.
(b) Deceit.
(c) Trust.
(d) Drunkenness.

2. Who is the focus of the Shipman's Tale?
(a) A merchant.
(b) A nun.
(c) A shipman.
(d) A knight.

3. 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%.

4. Who is the focus of the first part of the Yeoman's tale?
(a) An unnamed yeoman.
(b) An unnamed canon.
(c) The Canon.
(d) The Yeoman.

5. Where does the Manciple's Tale begin?
(a) A faraway land.
(b) Canterbury.
(c) Egypt.
(d) The forest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of tale does the Monk tell?

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

3. Who is the subject of the Second Nun's Tale?

4. How do the other two men find Death?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is common in the books Chaucer retracts?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why is it fitting that the journey ends with the Parson's Tale?

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

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