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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 is the subject of the Second Nun's Tale?
(a) Thomas.
(b) Cecilia.
(c) Francis.
(d) The nun herself.

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

3. Why does the boy in the Prioress's Tale want to learn the song he hears?
(a) To insult the Jewish boys.
(b) To show his mother he is learning something in school.
(c) To sing on Christmas.
(d) To have something to do on his walk to school.

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

5. What does the canon make the priest believe he turned quicksilver into?
(a) Bronze.
(b) Glass.
(c) Gold.
(d) Real silver.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the speaker of Chaucer's Retraction?

2. Who is the focus of the first part of the Yeoman's tale?

3. What comparison does the Parson use for life?

4. Who interrupts the Monk's Tale?

5. Why does Virginius kill Virginia?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the moral the Canon's Yeoman is trying to get across?

4. What is Phoebus's downfall in the Manciple's Tale?

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

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

7. What kind of a man is Phoebus in the Manciple's Tale?

8. How is the merchant's wife able to buy the clothes she wants?

9. What is different about the Parson's Tale in comparison to the rest of the pilgrims' tales?

10. What does Chaucer suggest by saying the Tale of Sir Topas includes his best rhymes?

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