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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. Who tells the Wife of Bath he thinks questions of authority and scripture should be left to the proper authorities?
(a) The Narrator.
(b) The Summoner.
(c) The Host.
(d) The Friar.

2. Who sleeps with the miller's daughter?
(a) Alan.
(b) The manciple.
(c) John.
(d) The miller.

3. What is the subject of the Merchant's Tale?
(a) Religion.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Travel.
(d) Finance.

4. Whose story moves Theseus to overthrow Creon?
(a) Hippolyte.
(b) Palamon and Arcite.
(c) Emilie.
(d) Four women whose husbands have died.

5. How many husbands does the Wife of Bath consider “good?”
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) None of them.
(d) All of them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What punishment does Theseus give Palamon and Arcite?

2. What does the Squire ask to be excused for?

3. Who helps the knight answer the question?

4. Who asks the Squire for the next tale?

5. Who is Arveragus?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the friar in the Summoner's Tale ironic?

2. What is the Squire's plan before he is interrupted?

3. Why does Chaucer have the Franklin interrupt the Squire only to compliment him?

4. What could be considered controversial about the Wife of Bath's Tale?

5. What is the purpose of the knight's quest to find what women most desire?

6. How is the Friar's Tale uncomplimentary to summoners?

7. Why are Palamon and Arcite jealous of each other when Arcite is released from the tower?

8. What is the basis of the Reeve's story? Why is this the basis for the story?

9. What is the point the Summoner makes about friars with the anecdote in his Prologue?

10. Why does January say he wants to marry? Why does he likely really want to marry?

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