This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Epic > Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales – Quiz 27 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales Quiz 27 (52 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. He loved God and people. A) Friar. B) Plowman. C) Forgive. D) Franklin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plowman. 2. Had ulcer on knee A) Cook. B) Yeoman. C) Summoner. D) Miller. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cook. 3. If your baseball coach tells you to be diligent at practice, he wants you to do what? A) Clean up your Gatorade bottles. B) Put away the equipment. C) Work hard and give your all. D) Be on time. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Work hard and give your all. 4. This pilgrim was truly Christ-like; patient, giving, holy and virtuous, and didn't believe in pomp or glory. He practiced what he preached. A) The Friar. B) The Pardoner. C) The Parson. D) The Monk. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Parson. 5. To find out if its true A) Varied. B) Vengeance. C) Verily. D) Verify. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Verify. 6. Choose the ANTONYM for unseemly A) Embarrasing. B) Friendly. C) Rude. D) Polite. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Polite. 7. What's the price for disagreeing with the host along the way? A) That person will have to ride a donkey for the rest of the way. B) That person has to travel alone for the rest of the way. C) That person has to pay everyone's expenses. D) The Host will beat him/her. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That person has to pay everyone's expenses. 8. This is the term that means the King keeps much for himself, and the rest he granted to those who had fought faithfully with him ..... A) Bona Fide. B) Capable of infinity. C) County. D) Horatian. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) County. 9. Read the following passage from Chaucer's Prologue. A Haberdasher, a Dyer, a Carpenter, A Weaver and a Carpet-maker were Among our ranks, all in the livery Of one impressive guild-fraternity.What do the details in this passage indicate about an aspect of life in Chaucer's society? A) People who had a low rank in society produced goods for those in higher ranks. B) Workers in some trades organized into mutually supportive associations. C) Women were excluded from many trades in which they might have excelled. D) People who had a high rank in society were not expected to learn a trade. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Workers in some trades organized into mutually supportive associations. 10. CT is a(n) ..... A) Extended metaphor. B) Allegory. C) Frame story. D) Epic poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Frame story. 11. From the 11th to the 14th century, ..... was considered a low-class, vulgar language in Great Britain. A) French. B) English. C) Latin. D) Italian. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) English. 12. Which character is dark skinned? A) The Yoeman. B) The Knight. C) The Monk. D) The Squire. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Yoeman. 13. Was the parson's parish large or small? A) Large. B) Small. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Large. 14. I have to set a good example for my parishioners if I want them to live good & holy lives ..... Who am I? A) Friar. B) Plowmen. C) Carpenter. D) Parson. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parson. 15. Code of conduct for knights during the Middle Ages A) Medieval. B) Pilgrim. C) Obstinate. D) Chivalry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chivalry. 16. Which character wore a coat and hood of green? A) Squire. B) Friar. C) Merchant. D) Monk. E) Yeoman. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Yeoman. 17. Who was the first character described in the Prologue of the Canterbury tales? A) The early morning light. B) The Knight. C) The Dark Knight. D) A good night. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Knight. 18. Conversion of base metals into gold or silver A) Recrimination. B) Sycophant. C) Iniquity. D) Transmutation. E) Prattle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Transmutation. 19. What is a pilgrim? A) A Priest. B) A member of the clergy. C) A person on a religious journey. D) A western traveler. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A person on a religious journey. 20. Wore a woolen gown, and had a dagger on a rope. His enemies walked the plank A) Summoner. B) Yeoman. C) Skipper. D) Forgive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skipper. 21. How many characters were written about in the Canterbury Tales? A) 130. B) 120. C) 30. D) 20. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 30. 22. In the Friar's tale ..... A) The friar and the summoner are good friends. B) The friar says bad things about the summoner. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The friar says bad things about the summoner. 23. A series of wars that was meant to take control of the Holy Land A) This never happened. B) The Crusades. C) Norman Invasion. D) War of the Roses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Crusades. 24. Where do the pilgrims meet? A) Talmud Inn. B) Tavern Inn. C) Tabard Inn. D) Best Western. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tabard Inn. 25. What is an example of indirect characterization? A) The speaker describing how talented certain characters are. B) The speaker describing the details of the characters' physical appearance. C) The speaker giving accounts of everything the characters say. D) The speaker describing the characters' personalities in detail. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The speaker giving accounts of everything the characters say. 26. On the way to and from Canterbury, the pilgrims are tasked with telling ..... stories each. A) 1. B) 3. C) 2. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4. 27. The summoner is very physically attractive, even though he has a terrible personality. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 28. Compared to a gentle shepherd A) Summoner. B) Reeve. C) Forgive. D) Parson. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parson. 29. Who was set free under the condition that he never comes back? A) Close up. B) Palamon. C) Neither one. D) Both of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Close up. 30. He was very ..... when he stole gum from his friend's bag, he didn't even try to hide his actions A) Accost. B) Pejorative. C) Amiable. D) Undulate. E) Overt. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Overt. 31. The Sergeant at the Law is a ..... citizen. A) Upper class. B) Middle class. C) Lower class. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Middle class. 32. Ordeals are when ..... A) People's innocence or guilt was settled by setting them to tasks-if successful, then innocent; if not, then guilty. B) When the first born son gets the father's inheritance. C) People's innocence or guilt was settled by setting them to tasks-if successful, then guilty; if not, then innocent. D) A hardship that someone goes through in which the court needs to address. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) People's innocence or guilt was settled by setting them to tasks-if successful, then innocent; if not, then guilty. 33. Match the reading selection to the time period. The Canterbury Tales A) Renaissance. B) Anglo-Saxon time period. C) Medieval Period. D) Modern Literature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Medieval Period. 34. The Skipper always made those who wronged him walk the plank. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 35. In debt, but appears prosperous A) The Merchant. B) The Squire. C) The Wife of Bath. D) The Cook. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Merchant. 36. After the rioters' rude greeting, the old man A) Ignores their questions, preferring to speak of his own life. B) Responds to them with patience, advice, and warning. C) Encourages them to seek the treasures and pleasures of life. D) Focuses solely on their perpetual death-in-life state. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Responds to them with patience, advice, and warning. 37. Something revolutionary about The Canterbury Tales is Chaucer's use of- A) Multiple narrators. B) Hundreds of characters. C) Colored ink. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Multiple narrators. 38. The form of government at this time was a? A) Democracy. B) Dictatorship. C) Feudal system. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Feudal system. 39. Has a hairy wart on nose; can knock down doors with head; plays the bagpipes A) Cook. B) Doctor. C) Miller. D) Master. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Miller. 40. Who is the author of the famous Canterbury Tales? A) Geoffrey Chaucer. B) JK Rowlings. C) Robert Frost. D) Ian Fleming. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Geoffrey Chaucer. 41. How many tales did the author propose to write, but died before he could finish? A) 100. B) 120. C) 20. D) 140. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 120. 42. He frightened children. A) Forgive. B) Miller. C) Summoner. D) Master. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Summoner. 43. Define the genre 'romance.' A) Short, bawdy, humorous stories. B) Tales of chivalry. C) Sermons. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tales of chivalry. 44. The stories from The Canterbury Tales were originally written in- A) Middle English. B) Elizabethan English. C) Old English. D) French. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Middle English. 45. "The Canterbury Tales" was written in: A) Middle English. B) Old English. C) Latin. D) New English. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Middle English. 46. He wore a silk belt. A) Forgive. B) Merchant. C) Parson. D) Lawyer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lawyer. 47. The Doctor read The Bible while practicing medicine. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 48. Having a pleasant appearance and attitude A) Personality. B) Personable. C) Person. D) Personal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personable. 49. Which character in 'The Canterbury Tales' is a woman who has a gap between her front teeth? A) The Prioress. B) The Wife of Bath. C) The Nun's Priest. D) The Franklin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Wife of Bath. 50. What did the reeve do? A) Made purchases for thirty lawyers. B) Preached far and wide with five friars. C) Took care of the cattle, chickens and pigs. D) Traded with the shipman and his mates. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Took care of the cattle, chickens and pigs. 51. What is a Parson? A) A King. B) A Knight. C) A Priest. D) And Jester. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A Priest. 52. The Canterbury Tales is unfinished because of A) Its author thought that it won't be successful. B) The rest of the manuscripts were burned. C) The story was boring. D) Its author died. 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