This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Epic > Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales – Quiz 18 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales Quiz 18 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following describes a formal aspect of The Canterbury Tales? A) Iambic pentameter. B) Free verse. C) Balanced alliteration. D) Heroic couplets. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Heroic couplets. 2. The reeve is good with money. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 3. True or False:Arctie and Palamon in Canterbury Tales were both Millers who fought for the love of a woman. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 4. When the king in "The Wife of Bath's Tale" allows the queen to choose the knight's fate, this shows the theme of A) Gender roles and expectations. B) Romance/courtly love. C) Religious differences. D) Hypocrisy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gender roles and expectations. 5. Wore St. Christopher medal A) The Yeoman. B) The Plowman. C) The Nun. D) The Parson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Yeoman. 6. Which character from The Canterbury Tales is a holy priest who sets a good example for his parish? A) The Friar. B) The Pardoner. C) The Parson. D) The Knight. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Parson. 7. What's another name for a captain of a boat? A) Friar. B) Reeve. C) Weaver. D) Skipper. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skipper. 8. What month of the year was it when the pilgrims began their journey? A) April. B) March. C) June. D) May. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) April. 9. Which of these characters is not a main character in" Prisoners of War?" A) Palamon. B) Close up. C) Chaucer. D) Theseus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chaucer. 10. Is the Canterbury Tales part of the Middle English? A) No. B) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes. 11. This term means someone who was killed for their religious or ideological beliefs. A) Noble. B) Gentle. C) Chivalry. D) Martyr. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Martyr. 12. Visiting the Vatican in Rome (where the Pope lives) is a ..... for many Christians. A) Pilgrimage. B) Clergy. C) Talisman. D) Unseemly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pilgrimage. 13. Choose the SYNONYM for Accost A) Attack. B) Rock. C) Happy. D) Greedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Attack. 14. Which of the following best describes the Yeoman? A) Loud, less busy than he seemed to be, well-spoken, and very wise. B) A little too concerned with appearance, expert woodsman, face "brown like a nut". C) Very thin, only loves books, spends all his money on education. D) Forking beard, very knowledgeable, money management is his downfall. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A little too concerned with appearance, expert woodsman, face "brown like a nut". 15. When the knight in "The Wife of Bath's Tale" attacks the maiden (considering how knights are expected to behave), this shows the theme of A) Gender roles and expectations. B) Romance/courtly love. C) Religious differences. D) Hypocrisy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hypocrisy. 16. Which of the following best describes the Squire? A) An expert woodsman, face "brown like a nut, " carries peacock-feathered arrows. B) Bald and fat, has a preference for hunting and fine clothes, doesn't care for hard work. C) Very thin, only loves books, spends all his money on education. D) A ladies' man, a singer and songwriter, prides himself on his appearance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A ladies' man, a singer and songwriter, prides himself on his appearance. 17. What does The Canterbury Tales show within its descriptions of the pilgrims? A) That human nature is varied and diverse. B) That all people are hypocrites and bad in society. C) That poor people are good and rich people are bad. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That human nature is varied and diverse. 18. Gallant; kind and courteous A) Greedily. B) Shortage. C) Chivalrous. D) Hierarchy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chivalrous. 19. Which character had a broach (a pin) that says "Love Conquers All" ? A) Friar. B) Squire. C) Franklin. D) Nun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nun. 20. What is a social and political system based on obligation in exchange for protection? A) Feudalism. B) Communism. C) Democracy. D) Socialism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Feudalism. 21. Flawless-gives to others with what little he has, expecting nothing in return-might have been the Parson's brother A) Parson. B) Knight. C) Plowman. D) Lawyer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plowman. 22. Which character in the Canterbury Tales is described as chivalrous, truthful, honorable, generous, courteous, noble, Christian, faithful, and modest? A) Squire. B) Knight. C) Nun/Prioress. D) Yeoman. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Knight. 23. Your parents/guardians will be the first to ..... you if you do not graduate from high school. A) Won. B) Parley. C) Bequeath. D) Implore. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Won. 24. The Canterbury Tales caused discussions and disagreements between people, specially because of the critical portrait of the Church A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 25. What does the teller of the best story win? A) Nothing. B) A free supper at the Inn. C) Money. D) A free stay at the Inn. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A free supper at the Inn. 26. In the Canterbury Tales, a group of pilgrims is on its way to visit ..... in the southern city of England. A) A cathedral. B) The holy grail. C) A monument. D) The Holy Mountain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A cathedral. 27. Had many a draught (draft) of vintage red and yellow A) Friar. B) Merchant. C) Yeoman. D) Skipper. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skipper. 28. Who does this describe? "I have white hair and a beard. I am famous for my amazing parties." A) Miller. B) Merchant. C) Skipper. D) Franklin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Franklin. 29. Chaucer is with ..... A) Two friends. B) Thirty people. C) His wife. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thirty people. 30. This was is a series of religious wars ..... A) The Crusades. B) War of the Roses. C) Battle of Hastings. D) Hundred Year war. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Crusades. 31. V., increase over time A) Accrue. B) Arbitrate. C) Frugal. D) Agility. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Accrue. 32. Where is the start to the pilgrimage in the Canterbury Tales? A) Canterbury Tavern. B) Tabard Inn. C) Bailey Arms Hostel. D) Oxfordshire Inn. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tabard Inn. 33. What are the 3 divisions of medieval society that the pilgrims fall into? A) Poet, king, peasant. B) Slave, owner, free man. C) Knight, king, priest. D) Feudal, church, professional. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Feudal, church, professional. 34. What was the third bad thing that the king did to Griselda? A) He said to her that he needed another woman and that she had to leave the castle. B) He killed his children. C) He sent her to another city to live alone. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said to her that he needed another woman and that she had to leave the castle. 35. In which century was the book written? A) XVI. B) XX. C) XVIII. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) XVI. 36. Who does this describe? "I am a devout man of God and run my own little church. I live in poverty and I am NOT a hypocrite." A) Parson. B) Monk. C) Friar. D) Plowman. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parson. 37. Favorite character of Chaucer, he was a true religious man A) Shopkeeper. B) Forgive. C) Parson. D) Monk. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parson. 38. What does the narrator compare the knight to? A) A dragon. B) A child. C) A maid. D) A warrior. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A maid. 39. Who does this describe? "I am a member of the peasant class, but I walk in an entourage with the Knight and his son." A) Franklin. B) Reeve. C) Yeoman. D) Student. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yeoman. 40. "How dare you question my ..... !" yelled the conman who was being questioned by the judge. A) Chivalry. B) Vintage. C) Verity. D) Squire. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verity. 41. If the old woman can save his life, the knight promises to ..... A) Do whatever she asks. B) Marry her. C) Bequeath his whole establishment upon her. D) Spare her from his sword. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Do whatever she asks. 42. What happened to Chanticleer? A) The fox hauled him away to eat him for dinner. B) He bit the fox on the nose and escaped. C) Pertelote saved him. He was grateful but embarrassed. D) The fox's grip on his neck caused him to loose his singing voice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The fox hauled him away to eat him for dinner. 43. What is the occupation of the Franklin in 'The Canterbury Tales'? A) Landowner. B) Merchant. C) Lawyer. D) Soldier. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Landowner. 44. Which character spent all his money on books? A) Franklin. B) Merchant. C) Sergeant at Law. D) Monk. E) Oxford Cleric. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Oxford Cleric. 45. Discuss the importance of characterization in The Canterbury Tales. A) Characterization is not important in The Canterbury Tales because the characters are one-dimensional. B) Characterization is important in The Canterbury Tales because it adds unnecessary details to the story. C) Characterization is important in The Canterbury Tales because it brings the characters to life and helps readers understand their motivations and actions. D) Characterization is not important in The Canterbury Tales because the plot is more significant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Characterization is important in The Canterbury Tales because it brings the characters to life and helps readers understand their motivations and actions. 46. Who was educated "on points of medicine and of surgery" and "rather close as to expenses and kept the gold he won in pestilences" A) Sergeant at Law. B) Cook. C) Doctor. D) Parson. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Doctor. 47. What was Hubert, the Friar, known for? A) Being the philosopher. B) His singing. C) His instruments. D) His long beard. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His singing. 48. What is a Poacher? A) A person who helps to cure sick animals in the Middle Ages. B) A person who hunts or fishes without permission on someone else's property. C) A person who has permission to hunt on someones property. D) A person who goes in a forest to observe natures animals for fun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A person who hunts or fishes without permission on someone else's property. 49. Which of these is situational irony? A) A dog chasing a cat. B) A cat chasing a dog. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A cat chasing a dog. 50. Gracefully; small and delicate A) Daintily. B) Coyly. C) Perspective. D) Hierarchy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Daintily. 51. The Canterbury Tales is ..... A) A ballad. B) A short narrative poem. C) A long narrative peom. D) An epic poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A long narrative peom. 52. Loved knowledge and learning more than God A) Merchant. B) Lawyer. C) Student. D) Franklin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Student. 53. Hard worker; carts dung; smelly A) Parson. B) Plowman. C) Forgive. D) Guildsmen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plowman. 54. When does The Prologue begin? A) May. B) April. C) January. D) March. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) April. 55. Which of these is a story from The Canterbury Tales? A) The Story of the Goblet of Fire. B) The Wife of Bath's Tale. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Wife of Bath's Tale. 56. What is the Wife of Bath's Prologue about? A) Ovid's Metamorphosis. B) How Women deserve to hold high public offices just like men. C) Her life with her five different husbands. D) A philosophical treatise on the astrolable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Her life with her five different husbands. 57. In the tale of the Wife of Bath, what is her most distinguishable feature? A) Red stockings. B) Quiet voice. C) Headdress. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Red stockings. 58. What is the definition for diligent? A) Having a pleasant manner. B) To be courageous. C) Conscientious and hard-working. D) Rising above others in rank or achievement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conscientious and hard-working. 59. The knight shows that he has learned what women most want when he ..... A) Keeps his promise to return after a year and a day. B) Agrees to marry the old woman. C) Pays the old woman as much as she asks. D) Asks his wife to decide what form she will take. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Asks his wife to decide what form she will take. 60. Scorn, disrespect A) Agility. B) Virtue. C) Mode. D) Disdain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Disdain. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGenres QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesChaucer'S Canterbury Tales Quiz 1Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales Quiz 2Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales Quiz 3Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales Quiz 4Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales Quiz 5Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales Quiz 6Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales Quiz 7Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books