This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Epic > Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales Quiz 19 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Chaucer spent most of his life working as a ....., which brought him into contact with people from different classes and regions, which may have influenced his writing. A) Priest. B) Religious clerk. C) Teacher. D) Government official. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Government official. 2. He knew the law by heart. A) Master. B) Summoner. C) Lawyer. D) Friar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lawyer. 3. What is the best explanation for why the Skipper is described as 'an excellent fellow'? A) He is one of the few characters who is devoutly religious. B) He is more skilled at his profession than the other characters. C) He's engaged in immoral behavior, so the description is verbal irony. D) It's foreshadowing for the way he rescues another character on the journey to Canterbury. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He's engaged in immoral behavior, so the description is verbal irony. 4. In what time period is "The Canterbury Tales" set? A) Renaissance. B) Victorian. C) Anglo-Saxon. D) Middle Ages. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Middle Ages. 5. Flawless-a good example-practices what he preaches-very Godly A) Parson. B) Physician. C) Master. D) Forgive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parson. 6. "Upon the coping of his nose he had A wart, and thereon stood a tuft of hairs, Red as the bristles in an old sow's ears." A) Doctor. B) Cook. C) Sailor. D) Miller. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Miller. 7. The Prologue is called a frame story because it A) Begins a long poem. B) Contains other stories within it. C) Is about a pilgrimage to visit a holy shrine. D) Introduces several characters, social issues and historical facts. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Introduces several characters, social issues and historical facts. 8. What finally settles the Knight's married life? A) He lets her choose. B) He refuses to choose. C) He runs from the kingdom, leaving his wife behind. D) He chooses her to beautiful during the day, but unfaithful at night. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He lets her choose. 9. Fat, didn't act like what his profession was-wasn't solitary-person of the church A) Master. B) Physician. C) Summoner. D) Monk. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Monk. 10. What does the Pardoner do for a living? A) Church singer. B) He's a con who sells fake religious relics. C) Grants jain pardons. D) Sewage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He's a con who sells fake religious relics. 11. Horatian satire is a witty, funny, and silly way to comment on society rather than harsh or serious words A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 12. Which statement best describes the overall purpose of characterization that provides social commentary? A) To recommend ways in which a community can or should change to benefit its members. B) To praise everyday people while mocking the rich and powerful, either directly or through implication. C) To describe the character traits of those who tend to influence the people around them, for good or bad. D) To show how historical events, class structure, cultural values, and similar factors shape a given setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To show how historical events, class structure, cultural values, and similar factors shape a given setting. 13. Which of the following best describes the Wife of Bath? A) She is a pious churchgoer and religious teacher. B) She is a well-traveled vendor of fine silk clothing. C) She is a veteran of several pilgrimages and marriages. D) She is the widow of a prosperous doctor in Bath. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She is a veteran of several pilgrimages and marriages. 14. Choose the SYNONYM for ostentatious A) Feminist. B) Subtle. C) Flashy. D) Sharp. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flashy. 15. -borrows money and gives it back without master knowing-close shaven A) The Reeve. B) The Plowman. C) The Cleric. D) The Summoner. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Reeve. 16. What brings the characters together in the Prologue? A) They all work for the church. B) They are all member of the Nun's entourage. C) They are looking for a fun, easy trip. D) They are making a religious journey to a cathedral. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They are making a religious journey to a cathedral. 17. What time period best fits when Chaucer was alive? A) 900s. B) 1300s. C) 1600s. D) 1400s. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1300s. 18. Makes prisoners walk the plank; awkward on a horse A) Yeoman. B) Reeve. C) Franklin. D) Skipper. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skipper. 19. How does the Monk spend his time? A) Hunting. B) Studying the Bible. C) Begging for money. D) Feeding the poor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hunting. 20. The squire liked to brag about his accomplishments, and so he was not considered very ..... A) Modest. B) Festive. C) Coy. D) Disdainful. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Modest. 21. Including the narrator, how many pilgrims were at the Tabard Inn that night? A) 30. B) 28. C) 25. D) 12. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 30. 22. Early in the morning, the travelers were ready to ..... on their journey. A) Sedate. B) Wield. C) Disdain. D) Embark. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Embark. 23. How are they going to occupy their time on the journey there and back? A) By praying. B) By telling stories. C) By playing I spy. D) By playing the alphabet game. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By telling stories. 24. Which of the following purposes does the description of the Yeoman best serve? A) To emphasize how society includes shy people. B) To emphasize how religion influenced the daily life of the common man. C) To emphasize how common cruelty towards animals was during the Middle Ages. D) To represent a role in the feudal system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To represent a role in the feudal system. 25. How does the Pardoner stay so rich? A) He makes up stories and convinces people to buy pardons from the church. B) He steals money. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He makes up stories and convinces people to buy pardons from the church. 26. The Squire's Tale' from Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales is set in the exotic and luxurious background of Tartary. What is the squire attempting to do by utilizing this type of background? A) He is building an elaborate story. B) He is setting a romantic mood for the remainder of his tale. C) He is introducing the theme to his story. D) He is describing how the rich and famous live. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He is building an elaborate story. 27. True of False? In "The Pardoner's Tale" the old man REFUSES to help the men. A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) FALSE. 28. Which historical situation redistributed some wealth and created more job opportunities during the Middle Ages? A) The decline in the power of the church. B) The Black Death. C) The establishment of factories. D) The Crusades. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Black Death. 29. It is ironic that the Pardoner preaches against avarice because he is ..... A) Especially greedy. B) A pious man. C) A friend of the Summoner's. D) Rude to the host. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Especially greedy. 30. Supposed to be playing in a cloister A) The Friar. B) The Plowman. C) The Monk. D) The Parson. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Monk. 31. This religious woman wears garments collectively called a "habit" . This may include a tunic, belt and veil. A) Queen. B) Wife of Bath. C) Nun. D) Princess. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nun. 32. He carried a signed baseball card in his wallet as a ..... every time he went to a Braves Game. A) Coy. B) Undulate. C) Accost. D) Talisman. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Talisman. 33. Which character served in the government? A) Friar. B) Yeoman. C) Nun. D) Franklin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Franklin. 34. According to the Queen, what does the Knight have to do to keep his life? A) Marry an old woman. B) Beg forgiveness from all the women in the kingdom. C) Travel for a year and a day before he can return. D) Find out what women really want. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Find out what women really want. 35. Whose shrine were the pilgrims visiting? A) St. Thomas More. B) St. Thomas a Becket. C) St. George. D) St. Andrew. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) St. Thomas a Becket. 36. Eats onions, garlic, and leeks; ugly; scares people; condones/forgives sins for a handsome bribe A) Skipper. B) Monk. C) Merchant. D) Summoner. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Summoner. 37. Extremely wealthy, been married 5 times-gossiper, very social A) Plowman. B) Worthy woman. C) Prioress. D) Master. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Worthy woman. 38. He brought provisions for lawyers. A) Master. B) Friar. C) Miller. D) Reeve. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Master. 39. What brings the characters together in the Prologue from The Canterbury Tales? A) They all make their living through work for the church. B) They are making a religious journey to a cathedral. C) They are escaping religious oppression in England. D) They are all members of the Knight's entourage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They are making a religious journey to a cathedral. 40. The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context politics. A) Irony. B) Alliteration. C) Courtly love. D) Satire. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Satire. 41. Where does the Friar prefer to hang out? A) The monastery. B) With lepers. C) Taverns. D) Helping the poor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Taverns. 42. Which of the following purposes do the descriptions of the Five Tradesmen (Haberdasher, Dyer, Carpenter, Weaver, and Carpet-maker) best serve? A) To emphasize how people were starting to specialize in a certain trade instead of knowing how to do a little bit of every trade. B) To emphasize how people who weren't part of the nobility were gaining more financial and political power. C) To poke fun at a typical marital relationship. D) To emphasize how laborers avoided paying taxes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To emphasize how people who weren't part of the nobility were gaining more financial and political power. 43. Superlative in quality; supreme A) Temporal. B) Sovereign. C) Prescience. D) Betray. E) Clemency. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sovereign. 44. Which of the following does not describe The Canterbury Tales? A) Medieval. B) Satirical. C) Frame Story. D) Scary. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scary. 45. Chaucer probably borrowed from Boccaccio's Decameron the framework to string together a collection of stories A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 46. Which literary element means "when there is a difference between what the characters know and what the audience knows" ? A) Verbal irony. B) Dramatic irony. C) Situational irony. D) Satire. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dramatic irony. 47. THE PARDONER'S CONFESSION REVEALS THAT HE USES HIS HOLY TITLE AND TELLS ..... TO MAKE A PROFIT. A) The Past. B) The Future. C) Lies. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lies. 48. His name was Hubert. A) Forgive. B) Summoner. C) Friar. D) Master. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Friar. 49. To be added or gained A) Sedately. B) Section. C) Culture. D) Accrue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Accrue. 50. How does the narrator know the people at the inn? A) The Knight and he once fought together. B) They have all decided to travel together. C) He has been following them on their travels. D) He words at the Tabard Inn with some of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They have all decided to travel together. 51. The Parson's brother, a good Christian who is a clean shepherd; never pretends to be more than he is A) Reeve. B) Friar. C) Plowman. D) Shopkeeper. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plowman. 52. Hiding out from people (maybe his creditors) A) Merchant. B) Friar. C) Franklin. D) Lawyer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Merchant. 53. To beg; to plead A) Bequeath. B) Chivalry. C) Implore. D) Le samurai family. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Implore. 54. What is the definition of guile? A) A run-on line, a poetic structure in which both the grammatical structure and sense continue past the end of the line. B) Incongruously varied in appearance or character; disparate. C) Sparing or economical with regard to money or food. D) Sly or cunning intelligence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sly or cunning intelligence. 55. Choose the ANTONYM for Undulate A) Stay still. B) Rock up and down. C) Jump. D) Run. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stay still. 56. In the Hundred Years war France won, England had several victories due to the origination of this weapon? A) English Chain mail. B) English Sceptor. C) The English Cross Bow. D) None of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of the Above. 57. What condition does The Summoner have? A) Leprosy. B) A limp. C) Blindness. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Leprosy. 58. The old woman offers the Knight a choice between ..... A) Love and Hate. B) Beauty and Faithfulness. C) Sin and Purity. D) Good Manners and Good Deeds. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beauty and Faithfulness. 59. Which literary element means "when there is a difference between what you expect to happen and what actually occurs" ? A) Verbal irony. B) Dramatic irony. C) Situational irony. D) Satire. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Situational irony. 60. "Could break down a door by running at it with his head" . A) Miller. B) (prioress) nun. C) Plowman. D) Cleric student. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Miller. ← 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