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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. Why does Dorigen contemplate suicide?
(a) Arveragus has been killed in battle.
(b) She becomes ill.
(c) Aurelius gets her pregnant.
(d) Aurelius completed the task she challenged him with.

2. What does the Miller say his tale is about?
(a) A drunken brawl.
(b) Saints.
(c) A group on a pilgrimage.
(d) A love triangle.

3. Why does the Cook have to tell a good tale?
(a) To answer the Reeve's tale.
(b) To keep the pilgrims entertained.
(c) To make up for the bad food he has sold.
(d) To win the contest.

4. Who warns the Friar before he tells his tale?
(a) The Monk.
(b) The Summoner.
(c) The Host.
(d) The Nun's Priest.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What wakes John?

2. What caused the Wife of Bath and Jankyn to fight?

3. Where is the man from who told the Clerk his tale?

4. Why is the Friar warned before he tells his tale?

5. Why does the demon take the summoner to hell?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is the Wife of Bath's Prologue so long?

3. How do the townspeople react to the situation after John crashes through the ceiling?

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

5. Why does the Host come up with the storytelling contest?

6. Why are the pilgrims confused by the Merchant's Tale?

7. What is comedic about the Reeve's Tale?

8. Why is it fitting for the Squire to begin the tale that he does?

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

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

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