This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Epic > Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "A voice he had that bleated like a goat. No beard had he, nor ever should he have, For smooth his face as he'd just had a shave." A) Parson. B) Forgive. C) Franklin. D) Miller. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Forgive. 2. Why are The Canterbury Tales considered an important historical literary work? A) The descriptions of the characters provides a picture of what the people were actually like at the time. B) The work won all the literary awards of the time period. C) The tales document the history of major Scottish events. D) It is the only literary work translated from Latin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The descriptions of the characters provides a picture of what the people were actually like at the time. 3. This industry thrived during the Medieval Period, ultimately creating a new class. A) Farming Industry. B) Wool Industry. C) The Jury System. D) Clergy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wool Industry. 4. What contest did The Host create for the pilgrims? A) Who can eat the most. B) Who can tell the best story. C) Who can sing the best. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Who can tell the best story. 5. What was the name of the inn that Geoffrey says he plans to stay at in the beginning of the prologue? A) Knight Inn. B) Chaucer Inn. C) Hilton Inn. D) Tabard Inn. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tabard Inn. 6. Not as busy as he seems to be A) The Friar. B) The Squire. C) The Miller. D) The Man of Law (Serjeant of the Law). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Man of Law (Serjeant of the Law). 7. The tales gives a realistic portrait of English society, though using the conventions of exaggeration, caricature and grotesque A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 8. What makes The Canterbury Tales a good reflection of the time period? A) All of the tales are biographical accounts of true events. B) All events reflect scientific achievements of the time. C) It tells of people in different social levels and occupations. D) It was written about events that occurred hundreds of years before. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It tells of people in different social levels and occupations. 9. Miscellaneous; various A) Sundry. B) Prompt. C) Prudent. D) Devout. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sundry. 10. Jenna bought a prom dress that was simple, not ..... ; elegant, not gaudy. A) Scrupulous. B) Superfluous. C) Abstruse. D) Sanguine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Superfluous. 11. Who does this describe? "I am an excellent trader. I am personally in debt, but no one needs to know." A) Merchant. B) Yeoman. C) Franklin. D) Tradesmen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Merchant. 12. What is the Knight's original sentence by King Arthur? A) Torture. B) Banishment. C) Imprisonment. D) Sexual assault. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sexual assault. 13. What is the term for the techniques an author uses to create a character? A) Satire. B) Plot diagram. C) Concubine. D) Characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Characterization. 14. Who does this describe? "I am poor and study philosophy. I spend all my money on books." A) Reeve. B) Franklin. C) Squire. D) Clerk/ Student. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Clerk/ Student. 15. Conscientious and hard working A) Sincerity. B) Diligent. C) Discreet. D) Eminent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diligent. 16. Pleasing in behavior and appearance A) Malady. B) Accrue. C) Personable. D) Entreaty. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personable. 17. The nun or Prioress was concerned with imitating what type of behavior? A) Unsophisticated. B) Courtly. C) Brave. D) Loving. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Courtly. 18. What is the main focus of the description of the Knight and the Squire? A) Their musical talents. B) Their hunting skills. C) Their chivalrous deeds. D) Their physical appearance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Their chivalrous deeds. 19. What is the argument that the old hag makes on night of her wedding? A) The Knight is not acting like the gentleman he should be. B) The Knight should give back to those that are poor and treat them well. C) The Knight should treat his olders with respect and learn from their experience. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 20. The member of the middle class who dressed well, talked about the stock exchange, but was secretly in debt is ..... A) Monk. B) Skipper. C) Merchant. D) Miller. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Merchant. 21. At the beginning of "The Pardoner's Tale, " we find the three "rioters" A) Under a tree. B) Beside a road. C) In a tavern. D) In a hotel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In a tavern. 22. Which character follows chivalry? A) Nun. B) Knight. C) Squire. D) Yeoman. E) Monk. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Knight. 23. What was the purpose of Chanticleer's dream A) So he stays asleep. B) He is giving advice about marrying Pertelote. C) So that he will learn about his old ways and change them. D) So he knows how to lead the other animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) So that he will learn about his old ways and change them. 24. The Parson is known as a true man of the clergy. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 25. To which British Literature Period does The Canterbury Tales belong? A) Medieval Period. B) Renaissance Period. C) Ancient Period. D) Anglo-Saxon Period. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Medieval Period. 26. Which of the following is NOT part of the Knights Code of Chivalry? A) True to God and defender of the Faith. B) True and loyal to his lord and king. C) Brave and fierce in war and adversity. D) Defender of the common man. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Defender of the common man. 27. Did the reeve make good money? A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 28. Which Country was NOT a part of the Medieval Romance Literature Cycle? A) Matter of France. B) Matter of Rome. C) Matter of Spain. D) Matter of Britain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Matter of Spain. 29. Which character was strong and agile? A) Squire. B) Knight. C) Merchant. D) Yeoman. E) Monk. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Squire. 30. What novel, written in English, by Geoffrey Chaucer, is believed to have been the reason why we currently speak English today, versus French? A) Beowulf. B) In Media Res. C) The Canterbury Tales. D) The death of Arthur. E) Sir Patrick Spens. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Canterbury Tales. 31. The characters in The Canterbury Tales represent the three estates: A) The women, the men, and the children. B) The royalty, the nobility, and the workers. C) The nobility, the clergy, and the commoners. D) The pilgrims, the farmers, and the city folks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The nobility, the clergy, and the commoners. 32. How many stories in total must each pilgrim tell on their journey? A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4. 33. What does The Manciple manage to do? A) Cheats money from law students. B) Win the heart of his boss's wife. C) Secretly own a bar. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cheats money from law students. 34. The Battle of Hastings begins in this year A) 1481. B) 1600. C) 1215. D) 1606. E) None of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) None of the Above. 35. What happened when Theseus discovered our two Theban knights? A) To ultimately meet the two protagonists of the story. B) To set up the war between the two cities. C) To compare and contrast Theseus' leadership from a democratic city. D) To establish Theseus as a ruthless character. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To ultimately meet the two protagonists of the story. 36. What is the main characteristic of the Summoner as described in the text? A) His talent in preaching. B) His expertise in summoning offenders to church courts. C) His skill in archery. D) His ability to play the lute. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His expertise in summoning offenders to church courts. 37. An act or instance of leniency A) Sovereign. B) Temporal. C) Clemency. D) Betray. E) Prescience. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clemency. 38. Who is a Pardoner? A) A person who is a member of royalty that was once a king. B) A person from the medieval church who defends criminals who have stolen items from the kingdom. C) A person from the medieval church who calls, or summons, people before the church for their crimes. D) A person who sells official pardons, or excuses from sins, from the church (to raise money for the church). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A person who sells official pardons, or excuses from sins, from the church (to raise money for the church). 39. (adj.) economical, avoiding waste and luxury; scanty, poor, meager A) Diligent. B) Frugal. C) Guile. D) Stature. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Frugal. 40. What power did the sash have over Sir Gawain? A) It would bring him back to life. B) It protected him from death. C) It matched his shoes. D) Force him to tell the truth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It protected him from death. 41. This pilgrim spoke the French language. A) Master. B) Reeve. C) Prioress (Nun). D) Friar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prioress (Nun). 42. Why might the Knight be dressed as he is? A) He is modest. B) He's a slob. C) He's poor. D) He's no longer a knight and does not wear his armor anymore. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He is modest. 43. This type of irony is when the audience knows more than the characters do. A) Verbal. B) Situational. C) Dramatic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dramatic. 44. During the Middle Ages, the church was extremely powerful, wealthy, and corrupt. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 45. Who loved to sing the "Offertory" so he could "win silver from the crowd" A) Parson. B) Forgive. C) Brother. D) Monk. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Forgive. 46. What was the cause of so much death during this time period? A) Wars. B) Unemployment. C) The Black plague. D) Starvation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Black plague. 47. What is an exemplum? A) A harness for a horse. B) A tall tale told by a knight. C) A story with a moral point. D) A story with no clear ending. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A story with a moral point. 48. What season does "The Canterbury Tales" take place? A) Spring. B) Summer. C) Winter. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spring. 49. What metal was The Tradesmen's gear made out of? A) Gold. B) Silver. C) Bronze. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Silver. 50. What is a metaphor? A) Comparison of two unlike things. B) A noun. C) A newspaper stand. D) Writing proccess. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comparison of two unlike things. 51. "She was by no means undergrown." A) Wife of Bath. B) Nun's Priest. C) Summoner. D) Prioress. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prioress. 52. The official history of the medieval period begins with this battle ..... A) War of the Roses. B) Hastings. C) Hundreds Year War. D) Crusades. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hastings. 53. Does the following sentence use the vocab word correctly or incorrectly? "By putting a little bit of money aside each month, you can accrue a decent rainy day fund." A) Incorrectly. B) Correctly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Correctly. 54. Acting without delay; arriving exactly on time A) Prompt. B) Diligent. C) Sundry. D) Frugal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prompt. 55. Angelina refused to go to ..... because she did not think she had ever done anything wrong. A) Entreaty. B) Confession. C) Abstruse. D) Sundry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Confession. 56. A reeve's job is a part of the Catholic Church. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 57. The Canterbury Tales serves as an example for A) Frame story. B) Short story. C) Collection of essays. D) Biography. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frame story. 58. Has expensive clothes and likes luxury items A) Monk. B) Cleric. C) Friar. D) Lawyer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Friar. 59. Elegant manner, refined beauty A) Chivalry. B) Sovereignty. C) Courtliness. D) Crone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Courtliness. 60. Why are the travellers going to Canterbury? A) They are on a pilgrimage to see King Thomas Becket. B) They are on a pilgrimage to see the relics of St. Thomas Becket. C) They are on a pilgrimage to visit the great Shakespearean theatre of Canterbury. D) They are on a pilgrimage to visit the healing waters of Aquinas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They are on a pilgrimage to see the relics of St. Thomas Becket. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGenres QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesChaucer'S Canterbury Tales Quiz 1Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales Quiz 2Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales Quiz 4Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales Quiz 5Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales Quiz 6Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales Quiz 7Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales Quiz 8Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books