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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Man of Law's Prologue and Tale.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the apprentice cook able to revel all day?
(a) He becomes a private cook for a man who travels frequently.
(b) He quits his apprenticeship.
(c) He marries a rich woman.
(d) He is dismissed by his master.

2. What does the corrupt man's wife have?
(a) A library.
(b) An inheritance.
(c) An inn.
(d) A shop.

3. Who does the Man of Law say has already told all the good stories?
(a) Chaucer.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) The Knight.
(d) The writers of the Bible.

4. What is the Narrator's name?
(a) Geoffrey Chaucer.
(b) Sir Gawain.
(c) The Narrator's name is not given.
(d) Sir Topas.

5. What is a manciple?
(a) An accountant.
(b) An owner of the mill.
(c) A shift supervisor.
(d) A steward.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the miller refill half the students' the flour sack with?

2. How is it determined that the Knight will tell the first tale?

3. What warning does the Narrator give the reader about the Miller's Tale?

4. What wakes John?

5. Why is the Sultan baptized?

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