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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the focus of the Summoner's Tale?
(a) A summoner.
(b) A friar's wife.
(c) A friar.
(d) A priest.

2. Where are the Syrian merchants when they hear of Lady Constance?
(a) Paris.
(b) London.
(c) Rome.
(d) Milan.

3. Where is the Narrator going?
(a) Canterbury.
(b) The town is not given.
(c) Jerusalem.
(d) London.

4. What does Absalom get from the blacksmith?
(a) Tongs.
(b) An anvil.
(c) A sword.
(d) A red-hot poker.

5. What is different about the Miller's section in comparison to the Knight's section?
(a) The Miller volunteers to tell a tale.
(b) The Miller's story is not about nobility.
(c) The Miller has a Prologue.
(d) All of the above.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the Cook have to tell a good tale?

2. What punishment does Theseus give Palamon and Arcite?

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

4. Why does the Summoner say the Friar's Tale is well documented?

5. Who is the focus of the Man of Law's tale?

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