This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Epic > Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales Quiz 14 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. After telling his tale, what does the Pardoner offer to do for his fellow pilgrims? A) He offers to buy them a round of drinks. B) He offers to pray for their souls. C) He offers to explain the moral of the tale. D) He offers to sell them relics and pardons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He offers to sell them relics and pardons. 2. In The Canterbury Tales there are ..... A) 35 characters. B) 10 charcaters. C) 30 charcaters. D) 50 characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 30 charcaters. 3. Romeo arrives to find his love, Juliet supposedly dead. However, we the audience know that Juliet is not really dead, she merely took a potion to make it look like she was dead. When the audience of a story knows more than the characters involved, what type of irony is used? A) Situational Irony. B) Verbal Irony. C) Dramatic Irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dramatic Irony. 4. Which one is NOT an example of a pilgrimage? A) Going to Canterbury Cathedral to pray to a saint. B) Visiting the place you were born for the first time as an adult. C) Traveling to where your favorite movie was filmed, and seeing the set. D) Going on a vacation to a tropical island. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Going on a vacation to a tropical island. 5. Which character was a very good beggar? A) Friar. B) Franklin. C) Oxford Cleric. D) Sergeant at Law. E) Monk. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Friar. 6. Who does this describe? "I am the narrator of this frame story. I am the informer and the satirizer." A) Yeoman. B) Chaucer. C) Wife of Bath. D) Host. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chaucer. 7. How does satire attempt to improve individuals or society? A) By modeling correct thought and behavior. B) By ridiculing flaws and follies. C) By praising achievements and honors. D) By explicitly explaining the difference between right and wrong. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By ridiculing flaws and follies. 8. What is the best way to group the occupations of the pilgrims described in the Canterbury Tales Prologue? A) People who have jobs based in the city, people who have jobs based in the country, and people who work internationally. B) People who are part of the feudal system, people who work for the church, and people from the rising middle class. C) People who work for universities, people who are artisans, and people who beg for money. D) People who work for the government, people who run legal businesses, and people who make money illegally. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) People who are part of the feudal system, people who work for the church, and people from the rising middle class. 9. Also called a prioress A) Wife of Bath. B) Monk. C) Nun. D) Oxford Cleric. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nun. 10. I love the ladies and court them by playing the flute and singing. A) Knight. B) Merchant. C) Squire. D) Friar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Squire. 11. He proposed the tale telling contest. A) Parson. B) Miller. C) Summoner. D) Harry Bailey. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Harry Bailey. 12. If you did not do your best work, do not be upset if someone..... it. A) Rebukes. B) Implores. C) Crones. D) Parleys. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rebukes. 13. Preferred rich to poor, his name was Hubert, didn't act like his profession should act like-person of the church A) Reeve. B) Forgive. C) Master. D) Friar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Friar. 14. In the story, the Innkeeper character says whoever tells the best story will be rewarded with: A) A golden necklace. B) A satchel of gold. C) A free stay at his Inn. D) A free meal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A free meal. 15. Why does the narrator apologize? A) Because his characters are sloppy, greedy and crude. B) Because his tale has gone on too long. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because his characters are sloppy, greedy and crude. 16. He was as modest as a maid. A) Knight. B) Monk. C) Parson. D) Squire. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Knight. 17. When the Pardoner tells everyone he does not care about their salvation, this is an example of: A) Situational irony. B) Dramatic irony. C) Verbal irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Situational irony. 18. Which of the following was NOT part of the code of the Clergy? A) Be chaste and pure. B) Be devoted to God. C) Take vows of poverty. D) Be loyal to king and country. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Be loyal to king and country. 19. Besides the narrator, how many pilgrims are on the journey? A) 50. B) 100. C) 29. D) 15. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 29. 20. "To lead folk into Heaven but by stress Of good example was his busyness." A) Cook. B) Parson. C) Forgive. D) Squire. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parson. 21. Why did Chaucer focus so much on apparel? A) He was into fashion. B) He was a designer. C) He was aware of the Sumptuary Laws and so were the readers. D) He was snobby. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He was aware of the Sumptuary Laws and so were the readers. 22. What was feudalism in the Middle Ages? A) A way to separate people based on their race. B) The Triangle of Power. C) 10% of the population were in control over the peasants. D) The Bermuda Triangle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 10% of the population were in control over the peasants. 23. Who wrote the Prologue of The Canterbury Tales? A) Unknown author. B) William Shakespeare. C) Geoffrey Chaucer. D) Giovanni Boccaccio. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Geoffrey Chaucer. 24. The Latin Root word cise means to A) Laugh. B) To increase. C) Make bigger. D) Cut down. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cut down. 25. What language is The Canterbury Tales written in? A) Modern English. B) Italian. C) Middle English. D) French. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Middle English. 26. Which of the following purposes does the description of the Franklin best serve? A) To emphasize how society includes people who prioritize a lavish lifestyle. B) To emphasize how the outcome of one's life depended a lot on the social status of one's parents. C) To emphasize the way lawmakers often ignored their responsibilities. D) To emphasize the way the nobility took more than what they deserved from the nation's food supply. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To emphasize how society includes people who prioritize a lavish lifestyle. 27. In "The Prologue, " Chaucer's main objective is to A) Analyze religious customs. B) Introduce his cast of characters. C) Reveal the narrator's thoughts. D) Describe a London Inn. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Introduce his cast of characters. 28. How do the author's descriptions of the characters most clearly create comments on society? A) He places importance on the character's social class and appearance. B) He provides details that show how the characters act in real-life situations. C) He includes many different characters on different life paths. D) He quotes various characters remarks in different situations. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He provides details that show how the characters act in real-life situations. 29. Which Canterbury Tales pilgrim would rather go out hunting than pray at the church where he belonged? A) The Friar. B) The Parson. C) The Nun. D) The Monk. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Monk. 30. Satire ridicules (pokes fun at) A) Human weakness. B) Vice (bad habit). C) Folly (mistake). D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 31. When the knight says that his wife is old, ugly, and low-born, we can conclude that the knight ..... A) Is a man with strong spiritual longings. B) Cares about appearances, not character. C) Loves his wife deeply. D) Thinks he can change her. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cares about appearances, not character. 32. What is the definition of enjambment? A) A run-on line, a poetic structure in which both the grammatical structure and sense continue past the end of the line. B) A pair of rhyming lines written in the same meter. C) A syntax that are completed within the two lines. D) Sly or cunning intelligence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A run-on line, a poetic structure in which both the grammatical structure and sense continue past the end of the line. 33. What were the canterbury tales? A) A collection of stories by french. B) A collection of stories by pilgrims. C) A collection of stories by spaniards. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A collection of stories by pilgrims. 34. The Canterbury Tales is a finished work. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 35. How will the best story be determined? A) The story with the fullest message and good morality. B) The most amazing story. C) The hottest and more satiric story. D) The most hilarious and critical. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The story with the fullest message and good morality. 36. Which were Chaucer professions? A) Writer and a scop. B) Diplomat and a knight. C) Teacher and a housekeeper. D) Lawyer and a Friar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diplomat and a knight. 37. Wore a medal of St. Christopher A) Monk. B) Squire. C) Nun. D) Yeoman. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Yeoman. 38. The Miller was very clever at all the following EXCEPT A) Courting women. B) Winning wrestling matches. C) Stealing from his customers. D) Telling bawdy/dirty stories. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Courting women. 39. Order of words that is not common A) Questions. B) Answers. C) Typical order. D) Inverted order. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inverted order. 40. Who interrupts the Parson just before he is to tell his tale? A) The Manciple. B) The Summoner. C) The Shipman. D) The Reeve. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Shipman. 41. How many pilgrims were there? A) 10. B) 29. C) 5. D) 22. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 29. 42. What does the word "archetype" mean? A) Ancient ruins. B) A typical example. C) A type of arch. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A typical example. 43. "He was the father of the young squire" A) Plowman. B) Parson. C) Student. D) Knight. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Knight. 44. Who is the Knight's son? A) The Nun. B) The Yoeman. C) The Monk. D) The Squire. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Squire. 45. What element is NOT an aspect of Chaucer's style in The Canterbury Tales? A) Rhymed Couplets. B) Free Verse. C) Bawdy Language. D) Verbal Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Free Verse. 46. When Sir Salvio has to choose if his fairy wife is ugly and loving or pretty and unfaithful, what does he decide (57-58)? A) He decides she should remain beautiful. B) He decides she should remain ugly. C) He lets her choose. D) He leaves her and doesn't decide. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He lets her choose. 47. Which character knew all the innkeepers and barmaids in every town? A) Squire. B) Friar. C) Cook. D) Oxford Cleric. E) Merchant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Friar. 48. Which Canterbury Tales pilgrim has a love for gold and is said to be a "perfect practicing physician?" A) The Lawyer. B) The Parson. C) The Oxford Cleric. D) The Doctor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Doctor. 49. Select the correct word:Showing care or concern A) Solicitous. B) Commission. C) Garnished. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Solicitous. 50. This pilgrim " ..... had followed chivalry, truth, honor, generousness and courtesy." A) Monk. B) Merchant. C) Knight. D) Reeve. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Knight. 51. Choose the word that means:Using good judgment; acting wisely A) Dainty. B) Frugal. C) Courteous. D) Prudent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prudent. 52. What happened to the rioters in the end? A) They met death. B) They became rich. C) They got sick from the food. D) They lived happily ever after. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They met death. 53. During what time period was the Canterbury Tales written? A) Modern. B) Renaissance. C) Anglo-Saxon. D) Middle Ages/Medieval Period. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Middle Ages/Medieval Period. 54. What word would you use to describe the Pardoner? A) Arrogant. B) Generous. C) Funny. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arrogant. 55. Who is the character in 'The Canterbury Tales' that is known for his greed and dishonesty? A) The Clerk. B) The Knight. C) The Pardoner. D) The Squire. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Pardoner. 56. Why did the fox flatter Chanticleer? A) He did it to get Chanticleer to tell him where the hen house was. B) He wanted to be friends. C) He wanted Chanticleer to give him Pertelote to eat. D) He did it to put Chanticleer at ease. So he would sing and make him an easy target. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He did it to put Chanticleer at ease. So he would sing and make him an easy target. 57. The pilgrims in The Canterbury Tales represent many different occupations, social classes, and personalities. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 58. The stories in The Canterbury Tales focus on the middle class. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 59. What time period did Geoffrey Chaucer live in? A) Medieval Times. B) Early Modern. C) Renaissance. D) Industrial Revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Medieval Times. 60. True or False:The knight is presented as a spiritual man rather than simply a brave soldier. A) True. B) False. 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