This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Authors > Geoffrey Chaucer > Geoffrey Chaucer – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Geoffrey Chaucer Quiz 1 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What kind of a writer was Geoffrey Chaucer? A) An American writer, poet, critic, and editor. B) An Italian playwright. C) An English poet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An English poet. 2. Why was Chaucer going to Canterbury A) To visit a friend. B) To visit his mother. C) To visit the tomb of Thomas 'a Beckett. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To visit the tomb of Thomas 'a Beckett. 3. The Prioress spoke A) French. B) Spanish. C) Italian. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) French. 4. His horse was lean and lanky as a rake A) The Miller. B) The Knight. C) The Clerk. D) The Prioress. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Clerk. 5. Chaucer was the first poet to be buried in ..... A) Poets' Corner of Westminster Abbey. B) Forest Lawn Memorial Park. C) Highgate Cemetery. D) Dorset churchyard. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poets' Corner of Westminster Abbey. 6. Why is Geoffrey Chaucer called ''Founder of English Literature" ? A) No one has written poems before. B) He wrote in English language first time after Norman conquest. C) His poem was the best. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He wrote in English language first time after Norman conquest. 7. Hardy and big of brawn and big of bone A) The Knight. B) The Miller. C) The Clerk. D) The Prioress. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Miller. 8. In what language was The Canterbury Tales written? A) Middle English. B) Old English. C) Modern English. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Middle English. 9. Nuns were forbidden to wear any kind of ornament and yet A) She wore an elegant veil. B) She wore a golden chain. C) She wore a precious rosary. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She wore a precious rosary. 10. How many times has the Wife of Bath been married? A) 3. B) 4. C) 5. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 5. 11. Which one of the following works of Geoffrey Chaucer is an elegy written for Blanche of Lancaster? A) The House of Fame. B) The Book of the Duchess. C) Troilus and Criseyde. D) The Legend of Good Women. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Book of the Duchess. 12. In which year Geoffrey Chaucer born? A) 1343. B) 1336. C) 1432. D) 1347. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1343. 13. What is a pilgrimage? A) It's a public festival with food and dance. B) It's a a long or arduous search for something. C) It's a journey to a shrine or a sacred place. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It's a journey to a shrine or a sacred place. 14. What was Chaucer's masterpiece? A) The Canterbury Tales. B) Once Upon a Midnight's Dream. C) Tamerlane and Other Poems, Volume I. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Canterbury Tales. 15. The Prioress is A) A nun. B) A nun in charge of a convent. C) A nun without veil. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A nun in charge of a convent. 16. Geoffrey Chaucer used what language when writing his books? A) Used Latin when most works were in French. B) Used English when most works were in French. C) Used English when most works were in Latin. D) Used French when most works were in Latin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Used English when most works were in Latin. 17. When were The Canterbury Tales written? A) Between 1387 and 1400. B) 1393. C) Between 1393 and 1423. D) 1423. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Between 1387 and 1400. 18. When was the first Canterbury Cathedral built? A) 597 AD. B) 1150 AD. C) 1195 AD. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 597 AD. 19. What were the years of Chaucer's birth and death? A) 1343-1400. B) 1595-1643. C) 1801-1845. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1343-1400. 20. Which is Chaucer's best work? A) The Canterbury Tales. B) The Book of the Duchess. C) The House of Fame. D) Troilus and Criseyde. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Canterbury Tales. Next →Related QuizzesAuthors QuizzesGeoffrey Chaucer Quiz 2Geoffrey Chaucer Quiz 3 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books