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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 happens to Appius at the end of the Physician's Tale?
(a) He flees.
(b) He is exiled.
(c) He is imprisoned.
(d) He is hanged.

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

3. Who is Sir John?
(a) The knight's squire.
(b) A frequent guest of the merchant.
(c) A frequent guest of the shipman.
(d) A frequent guest of the nun.

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

5. What color is Phoebus' crow?
(a) White.
(b) Red.
(c) Black.
(d) Blue.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many sins does the Parson say everyone must avoid?

2. Who tells the Tale of Sir Topas?

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

4. What is Appius's profession?

5. Who is Cecilia forced to marry?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What about the Shipman's Tale suggests that Chaucer originally intended the story to be told by a female character?

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

6. What is common in the books Chaucer retracts?

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

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

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

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

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