This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Epic > Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales – Quiz 20 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales Quiz 20 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Why was hyperbole used in the story? A) To highlight the magnitude of both knights' love for Emily. B) To highlight the strength and power of Theseus. C) To highlight the anguish of Palamon and Arcite as prisoners of war. D) To highlight the anger of the Athenians for having an Amazonian queen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To highlight the magnitude of both knights' love for Emily. 2. Which vocab word means to be subject to "force, coercion, or pressure?" A) Frugal. B) Accrue. C) Duress. D) Guile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Duress. 3. Which vocab word can mean "gentle, kind, or gracious?" A) Arbitrate. B) Agility. C) Benign. D) Eminent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Benign. 4. The pilgrims agree to tell tales during their journey in order to ..... ? A) Preserve their stories for the future. B) Win a free meal and entertain one another. C) Learn about each other and reduce tensions. D) Teach the innkeeper a lesson about pride. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Win a free meal and entertain one another. 5. The outer frame of The Canterbury Tales uses ..... to reveal those making this pilgrimage. A) Frame story. B) Characterization. C) Irony. D) Dialogue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Characterization. 6. To forgive a sin; to pardon someone's "wrong-doing" A) Marshall. B) Pottage. C) Absolve. D) Heed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Absolve. 7. Which character just finished serving the king? A) Knight. B) Merchant. C) Cleric. D) Lawyer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Knight. 8. What is the definition of frugal? 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) Including many things or different kinds. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sparing or economical with regard to money or food. 9. If you attended school in the Medieval Time period, where did you go for class? A) The Church. B) A Farm. C) Military School. D) The School. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Church. 10. The Rioters go looking for Death because they A) Want to repent their sins and find salvation. B) Plan to avenge the deaths of their friends. C) Want to banish him from England. D) Know he has great treasure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plan to avenge the deaths of their friends. 11. What is the theme of the Wife of Bath? A) A woman's place and power should be protected in the world. B) Men are the heads of their families. C) A woman is fickle and untrustworthy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A woman's place and power should be protected in the world. 12. Which Canterbury Tales pilgrim is essentially a broke college student? A) The Lawyer. B) The Skipper. C) The Oxford Cleric. D) The Guildsmen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Oxford Cleric. 13. This pilgrim sang in a strong voice, had long, yellow hair, bulging eyes, was baby-faced and carried a bunch of false relics to sell. A) The Pardoner. B) The Friar. C) The Prioress/Nun. D) The Monk. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Pardoner. 14. The parts of a person's behavior and attitude that make up their personality. A) Character faults. B) Character traits. C) Characterization. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Character traits. 15. The hammock ..... gently and it was making him really sleepy! A) Overtly. B) Undulated. C) Keened. D) Accosted. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Undulated. 16. The Canterbury Tales is written in ..... A) Old English. B) Middle English. C) Ancient English. D) Modern English. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Middle English. 17. Which of the following purposes does the description of the Doctor best serve? A) To emphasize the way the Black Death dramatically decreased the population. B) To emphasize how some doctors are motivated most by making money. C) To emphasize the medical advancements made throughout the Middle Ages. D) To emphasize the stereotype that doctors were more intelligent than almost everyone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To emphasize the medical advancements made throughout the Middle Ages. 18. On whose farm does Chaunticleer live? A) A wretched old man. B) A soothsayer. C) A happy couple. D) A poor widow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A poor widow. 19. Spoke the French language A) Reeve. B) Master. C) Prioress (Nun). D) Friar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prioress (Nun). 20. Throughout Chaucer's description of the FRIAR, we can tell that he ..... A) Is very kind and giving to the poor. B) He abuses his position of power and uses people for money. C) Is afraid to go out in public. D) Care about educating the people of his church about God. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He abuses his position of power and uses people for money. 21. A ..... person may be wrathful person, but does not have to be. A) Sanguine. B) Melancholic. C) Choleric. D) Bilious. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Choleric. 22. He was fat and had shifty eyeballs. A) Summoner. B) Forgive. C) Monk. D) Lawyer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Monk. 23. The member of the clegry who has hair that looks like a rat's tail; he has a high squeaky voice, and he sells pardons. A) THe Monk. B) The Parson. C) The Summoner. D) The Pardoner. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Pardoner. 24. These themes are included in The Canterbury Tales: A) Sin, religious differences. B) Treachery, hypocrisy. C) Romance/courtly love. D) Gender roles and expectations. E) All of the other responses are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All of the other responses are correct. 25. The word that describes a person who is polite and dignified is A) Melancholy. B) Choleric. C) Wrathful. D) Courtly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Courtly. 26. Before the old woman transforms herself, she ..... A) Convinces the knight to become a Christian. B) Torments the knight and rebukes his gentility. C) Cites the work of Roman philosophers to show her intellectual superiority. D) Tries to reform the knight's judgments and values. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tries to reform the knight's judgments and values. 27. Forrester; wood-craftsman A) The Yeoman. B) The Miller. C) The Cook. D) The Plowman. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Yeoman. 28. He was old, choleric, and thin. He was a good manager and a good carpenter, feared by the farm workers. He usually brought up the rear of the party, lagging behind. A) The Friar. B) The Squire. C) The Pardoner. D) The Reeve. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Reeve. 29. Which word best describes the Pardoner? A) Dishonest. B) Honest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dishonest. 30. What color does The Yeoman always wear? A) Blue. B) Yellow. C) Green. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Green. 31. Adj., high standing; great A) Eminent. B) Duress. C) Obstinate. D) Accrue. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eminent. 32. What must the knights do to win Emily's hand in marriage (12)? A) They must tell her the finest compliments. B) They must joust. C) They must build the best tower. D) They must sword fight to death. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They must joust. 33. What time of the year are the pilgrims going on their religious journey? A) Spring. B) Fall. C) Summer. D) Winter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spring. 34. What is the main characteristic of the Pardoner as described in the text? A) His talent in storytelling. B) His skill in horse riding. C) His ability to sing. D) His expertise in selling indulgences. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) His expertise in selling indulgences. 35. The ..... of Queen Elizabeth was always portrayed in her interactions with the British people. A) Croneliness. B) Avarice. C) Parley. D) Courtliness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Courtliness. 36. Choose the SYNONYM for Devious A) Excited. B) Flirty. C) Sneaky. D) Open. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sneaky. 37. Possessing or acting with bravery or boldness:COURAGEOUS A) Sincerity. B) Valiantly. C) Personable. D) Discreet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Valiantly. 38. Which one is not a method the author Geoffrey Chaucer uses to communicate what the characters are like? (The Canterbury Tales) A) Detailed descriptions of the characters' homes. B) Describe how the characters look and dress. C) Characters' words. D) Characters' action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Detailed descriptions of the characters' homes. 39. Which large-hipped character could be described as social, wealthy, rich, and tasteful? A) Monk. B) Yeoman. C) Woman of Bath. D) Nun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Woman of Bath. 40. Chivalry means ..... A) The system followed by the Kings in the Middle Ages. B) The system, beliefs, and practices of knighthood in medieval times (honor and virtue). C) Being rude and mean to all people of the Middle Ages. D) Dishonor and unfairness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The system, beliefs, and practices of knighthood in medieval times (honor and virtue). 41. The Nun cares more about appearances rather than her religious duties. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 42. In "The Knight's Tale, " why does Theseus take a detour to Thebes? A) A group of widows begged him to let them bury their husbands properly. B) Hippolyta's sister was taken hostage by the King of Thebes. C) Dogs from Thebes ate their food as they were traveling. D) Emily ran away and hid with a bunch of women all dressed in black. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A group of widows begged him to let them bury their husbands properly. 43. What does the Wife's allusion to Ovid's myth of King Midas and his wife imply about women? A) Women want capable lovers. B) Women can't keep secrets. C) Women want gold. D) Women can't be faithful. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Women can't keep secrets. 44. Which statement best describes the end of the tale? A) Death takes the florins. B) Death takes a holiday. C) The rioters become rich. D) The rioters meet death. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The rioters meet death. 45. The rioters' crime in "The Pardoner's Tale" and the knight's crime in "The Wife of Bath's Tale" both demonstrate the theme of A) Gender roles and expectations. B) Religious differences. C) Sin. D) None of the other answers are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sin. 46. Which of the following is "The Wife of Bath's Tale" known as? (The Canterbury Tales) A) A moral tale. B) A ballad. C) An epic. D) A romance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A romance. 47. According to the feudal triangle, who sits at the top? A) God. B) King. C) Peasants. D) Knights. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) God. 48. Which Canterbury Tales pilgrim is a leader of a group of female priests? A) The Nun. B) The Wife of Bath. C) The Squire. D) The Merchant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Nun. 49. The three categories of pilgrims are the A) Feudal system, banks, schools. B) City, schools, banks. C) Schools, church, city. D) Feudal system, church, city. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Feudal system, church, city. 50. Choose the SYNONYM for clergy A) Preacher. B) Committed. C) Flirtatious. D) Sharp. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Preacher. 51. DILIGENT means that you don't care about anything and don't work hard A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 52. What is the definition of a closed couplet? A) Sly or cunning intelligence. B) A narrative that frames or surrounds another story or set of stories. C) A pair of rhyming lines written in the same meter. D) A syntax that are completed within the two lines. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A syntax that are completed within the two lines. 53. "Now isn't it a marvel of God's grace that and illiterate fellow can outpace the wisdom of a heap of learned men" describes which character? A) Master. B) Parson. C) Reeve. D) Cook. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Master. 54. Which of the following languages did Chaucer NOT speak? A) Italian. B) Latin. C) Spanish. D) French. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spanish. 55. When the old woman speaks about the importance of noble birth, she says that A) Only dukes and earls are gentlemen. B) True gentility comes only from God. C) Nobility is more important than looks. D) Nobility is a matter of wealth and worth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True gentility comes only from God. 56. Hard-working and careful A) Stature. B) Diligent. C) Frugal. D) Guile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diligent. 57. Characterization is A) The central message in a story. B) The problem in a story. C) The process by which a writer reveals a character's personality and qualities. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The process by which a writer reveals a character's personality and qualities. 58. Will accept bribes instead of bringing people to church court A) The Reeve. B) The Man of Law (Serjeant of the Law). C) The Summoner. D) The Miller. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Summoner. 59. Chaucer finished The Canterbury Tales entirely. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 60. Who are the rioters looking for in the tale? A) The king. B) Death. C) The old man. D) The knight. 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