This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Epic > Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The pilgrims ' names refer to their A) Clothes. B) Profession or role. C) Appearance. D) Personality. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Profession or role. 2. What do the cousins fight over? A) Who can shoot an arrow more accurately into the garden below. B) Who gets to sleep closer to the prison tower window. C) How best to escape from prison. D) A woman, Emelye, whom they see from the prison tower. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A woman, Emelye, whom they see from the prison tower. 3. In the cavalry; musical, strong, and agile A) Nun. B) Yeoman. C) Knight. D) Squire. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Squire. 4. Which Canterbury Tales pilgrim's appearance was so frightening that he scared small children while on his way to deliver court summons? A) The Pardoner. B) The Manciple. C) The Summoner. D) The Yeoman. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Summoner. 5. Monna marries Federigo because he ..... A) Impresses her with his money. B) Cooks her his precious falcon. C) Gives the falcon to her son. D) Shows her that her husband has cheated. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cooks her his precious falcon. 6. Loved pleasure more than God A) Lawyer. B) Student. C) Merchant. D) Franklin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Franklin. 7. THe Parson's brother; he was an almost perfect example of a good Christian. A) The Monk. B) The Knight. C) The Plowman. D) The Friar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Plowman. 8. What message about the medieval church does Chaucer make through his use of satire? A) The church was a weak organization. B) The church was full of holy men and women. C) Many church officials were greedy and corrupt. D) The church did not take good care of its employees. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Many church officials were greedy and corrupt. 9. Which city in England are the pilgrims traveling to? A) London. B) Canterbury. C) Essex. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Canterbury. 10. Which character had a large forehead? A) Nun. B) Monk. C) Knight. D) Yeoman. E) Squire. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nun. 11. What is ironic about the attitude that the old man has toward Death? A) Most people try to avoid death, but he looks for it. B) Most people refer to death as an event, not a person. C) He refers to his grave as his "mother.". D) He has seen death more than once. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Most people try to avoid death, but he looks for it. 12. Which character was a hunter? A) Knight. B) Oxford Cleric. C) Monk. D) Yeoman. E) Friar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Monk. 13. Compared to the Middle English, the modern English show significant changes in its A) Vocabulary. B) Grammar. C) Pronunciation. D) Orthography. E) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All the above. 14. Servile, self-seeking flatterer A) Recrimination. B) Prattle. C) Transmutation. D) Iniquity. E) Sycophant. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Sycophant. 15. When someone draws rude pictures of Jesus, Mary, or Muhammad, it's considered ..... by some people A) Avaricious. B) Accost. C) Clergy. D) Sacrilege. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sacrilege. 16. In The Prologue, is Chaucer a reliable narrator? A) No. B) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No. 17. Choose the SYNONYM for avid A) Frightening. B) Obvious. C) Eager. D) Pleasant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eager. 18. The Oxford Cleric was born from the peasant class. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 19. Accusation in revenge for another accusation A) Prattle. B) Recrimination. C) Iniquity. D) Transmutation. E) Sycophant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Recrimination. 20. Which character in 'The Canterbury Tales' is known for his storytelling skills? A) The Miller. B) The Nun's Priest. C) The Wife of Bath. D) The Monk. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Nun's Priest. 21. The tales general prologue will being with this character as outline at the end of the introduction A) Squire. B) Knight. C) Host. D) Friar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Knight. 22. What language is used? A) Middle English. B) Old English. C) Latin. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Middle English. 23. He slept as little as a nightingale. A) Parson. B) Knight. C) Forgive. D) Squire. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Squire. 24. How many people joined the narrator in his travels to Canterbury? A) 13. B) 7. C) 27. D) 29. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 29. 25. Which of the following best describes the Friar? A) Bald and fat, has a preference for hunting and fine clothes, doesn't care for hard work. B) Receives payment for others' confessions, marries off young women, takes money from widows. C) An expert woodsman, face "brown like a nut, " carries peacock-feathered arrows. D) Loud, probably less busy than he pretends to be, wise. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Receives payment for others' confessions, marries off young women, takes money from widows. 26. Which character is described as a "beggar" despite liking fine food, clothes, and women? A) Forgive. B) Monk. C) Doctor. D) Friar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Friar. 27. Choose the SYNONYM for maelstrom A) Committed. B) Obvious. C) Chaos. D) Lucky. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chaos. 28. Why were the pilgrims going to Canterbury? A) To pray for St. Thomas to relieve their suffering. B) To win a free dinner. C) To spend some time with their friends. D) To tell tales. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To pray for St. Thomas to relieve their suffering. 29. How many stories are in The Canterbury Tales? A) 120. B) 40. C) 22 and 2 half finished ones. D) 20. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 22 and 2 half finished ones. 30. Define the genre 'the stories of the saints' lives.' A) Tales of chivalry. B) Short, bawdy, humorous stories. C) Narratives in which characters represent abstractions. D) Sermons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sermons. 31. "A sergeant of the law, wary and wise." A) Friar. B) Merchant. C) Lawyer. D) Host. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lawyer. 32. The sore on the Cook's knee is problematic because it may be a symptom of A) Food poisoning. B) Influenza. C) Bubonic plague. D) Skin cancer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bubonic plague. 33. What does the Host (Harry Bailey) tell the pilgrims to do on their journey? A) Pray for him and his family. B) Treat each other to dinner along the way. C) Tell 2 stories each on the way there and back for a fun competition. D) Keep on the lookout for robbers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tell 2 stories each on the way there and back for a fun competition. 34. "Federigo's Falcon" is a(n) ..... A) Extended metaphor. B) Allegory. C) Frame story. D) Epic poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Frame story. 35. In the Battle of Hastings a military leader by the name ..... "the ..... " defeated the King of England. A) King Henry VII "the conqueror". B) William "the great". C) Henry "the conqueror". D) William "the conqueror". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Henry "the conqueror". 36. He knew barmaids and innkeepers better than lepers and beggars. A) Monk. B) Franklin. C) Friar. D) Summoner. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Friar. 37. Did the plowman pay his tithes (offerings)? A) Yes, in both money and work. B) No, he spent it in taverns and brothels. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes, in both money and work. 38. The knight found out that women want the same self ..... over their husband and their lover. A) Greed. B) Courtliness. C) Chilvary. D) Sovereignty. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Courtliness. 39. Who was a "lover and cadet"; knight's son; could joust, recite as well as entertain the ladies? A) Squire. B) Parson. C) Miller. D) Yeoman. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Squire. 40. What was the pardoner's hair like? A) Average and brown. B) He was bald. C) Thick and black. D) Thin and yellow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thin and yellow. 41. What does the knight tell the queen that women want? A) Power over their husbands. B) Freedom to do as they please. C) The opportunity to meet their Heavenly King. D) Wealth and treasure, flattery and pleasure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Power over their husbands. 42. Because Chaucer had so much ....., he was able to write about many types of people. A) Vacation time. B) Job experience. C) Prison time. D) Dating experience. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Job experience. 43. Oxford Cleric wore nice clothes because he was very rich in wealth. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 44. What is Chaucer's birth year? A) 1343. B) 1400. C) Unknown. D) 1342. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unknown. 45. This pilgrim "Proposed the plan of storytelling on the way to and from Canterbury" . A) Knight. B) Host. C) Monk. D) Reeve. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Host. 46. Who wears a coat and hood of green? A) Yeoman. B) Skipper. C) Nun. D) Squire. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yeoman. 47. I'm SO smooth, I can get even the poorest old ladies to give me money ..... Who am I? A) Wife of Bath. B) Squire. C) Friar. D) Nun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Friar. 48. What does the Host want to do? A) Asks them to bring him back spices, jewels and cloth. B) Come with the pilgrims. C) Give the pilgrims money for the journey. D) Wants to send his son to listen to their tales. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Come with the pilgrims. 49. Canterbury Tales is written as a frame story, or a story within a story, The "frame" or purpose created for the story is ..... ? A) It is Christmastime at Canterbury. B) The judge made them all go repent. C) Each pilgrim for his own reasons is making a religious journey to the Canterbury Cathedral. D) The free food at the Tabard Inn. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Each pilgrim for his own reasons is making a religious journey to the Canterbury Cathedral. 50. Chaucer's idea for the Canterbury Tales was that each of the pilgrims would tell four tales on the journey. The winner, tellling the best tale, would earn A) A feast. B) A golden chalice. C) A horse. D) A castle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A feast. 51. One reason medieval women chose to become nuns was that life for women was dangerous. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 52. What is a clerk? A) A university scholar. B) A banker. C) A priest. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A university scholar. 53. What is the occupation of the character described as 'discreet'? A) Merchant. B) Reeve. C) Summoner. D) Miller. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reeve. 54. How many stories in TOTAL was EACH person supposed to tell (there and back)? A) 6. B) 8. C) 4. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 4. 55. What is the definition for discreet? A) Conscientious and hard-working. B) Rising above others in rank or achievement. C) Careful about what one says or does; prudent. D) Truthfulness; good faith. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Careful about what one says or does; prudent. 56. Characterized by steady, earnest, and energetic effort:PAINSTAKING A) Eminent. B) Sincerity. C) Discreet. D) Diligent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diligent. 57. Based on the context of "The Wife of Bath's Tale, " what is the meaning of the word extort in these lines? I will concede you this:you are to go. A twelvemonth and a day to seek and learn. Sufficient answer, then you shall return. I shall take gages from you to extort.Surrender of your body to the court. A) To obtain by threat. B) To offer up freely. C) To prevent. D) To enjoy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To obtain by threat. 58. How do the canterbury tales get written? A) By the exchange of the tales by the people on the voyage. B) The stories are found in an abonandoned house. C) A priest tells these confessions. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By the exchange of the tales by the people on the voyage. 59. What aspect of Medieval Society is Chaucer MOST satirizing? A) The Clergy. B) Lack of a Middle Class. C) The Peasant Class. D) The Nobility. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Clergy. 60. Which character from The Canterbury Tales is a perfect model of chivalry? A) The Knight. B) The Pardoner. C) The Friar. D) The Parson. 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