This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Epic > Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales Quiz 5 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which option shows the correct citation of the following quote? "Come man take courage-did you ever see her with the Devil" A) Devil?" (Miller 885). B) Devil" (Miller, pg 885)?. C) Devil" (Miller, 885)?. D) Devil?" (Miller 885). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Devil?" (Miller 885). 2. A chain of command; a group of people grouped based on level of authority. A) Chilvarous. B) Perspective. C) Hierarchy. D) Daintily. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hierarchy. 3. Which of these quotes describe the Knight? A) 'A lovyere and a lusty bacheler, / With lokkes crulle as they were leyd in presse.'. B) ' a worthy man, / That fro the tyme that he first bigan / To riden out, he loved chivalrie, / Trouthe and honour, fredom and curteisie.'. C) 'Wel koude he sitte on hors and faire ryde.'. D) 'He was short-sholdred, brood, a thikke knarre;/ Ther was no dore that he nolde heve of harre, / Or breke it at a rennyng with his heed.'. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ' a worthy man, / That fro the tyme that he first bigan / To riden out, he loved chivalrie, / Trouthe and honour, fredom and curteisie.'. 4. Which character had a hunting horn, bow, and arrows? A) Yeoman. B) Friar. C) Merchant. D) Squire. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yeoman. 5. Which event did not happen during the Middle English period? A) The Peasant's Revolt. B) The Hundred Years War. C) Opening of the Globe Theater. D) Translation of the Bible into English. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Opening of the Globe Theater. 6. A particular way of viewing things or events A) Medieval. B) Perspective. C) Identity. D) Hierarchy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Perspective. 7. Which Canterbury Tales character is a trader who travels from town to town buying and selling goods? A) The Knight. B) The Merchant. C) The Wife of Bath. D) The Summoner. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Merchant. 8. Persuade means..... A) Make people agree with you. B) Make people angry. C) Make people think the opposite thing. D) Make people fall in love. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Make people agree with you. 9. He traveled with the knight and the squire. A) Franklin. B) Summoner. C) Yeoman. D) Lawyer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yeoman. 10. What is the Friar known for according to the description? A) His skill in hunting. B) His ability to hear confessions. C) His expertise in gardening. D) His musical talents. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His ability to hear confessions. 11. What is the symbolism of the spring setting? A) Spring is hot and the pilgrims have hot tempers during their journey. B) Spring is rainy and the pilgrims are moody during their journey. C) Spring is known for its renewing properties + pilgrims want a new start. D) Spring is known for its beauty + pilgrims are on a journey for pleasure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spring is known for its renewing properties + pilgrims want a new start. 12. In the narrator's description of the Wife of Bath, which of the following items of clothing are red in colour? A) Her head-scarves. B) Her stockings. C) Her overskirts. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Her stockings. 13. Which character was Epicurus' son? A) Franklin. B) Squire. C) Merchant. D) Cook. E) Friar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Franklin. 14. A story in which characters in the story tell stories is called a A) Frame story. B) Theory. C) Epic poem. D) Narrative poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frame story. 15. The host suggests and gives them direction on how they should pass the time on the journey. What does he say they all will do? A) Pray. B) Take turns cooking. C) Tell stories. D) Take an Uber instead of walking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tell stories. 16. "A lover and a lusty bachelor, With locks well curled, as if they'd laid in press. Some twenty years of age he was, I guess." A) Reeve. B) Squire. C) Knight. D) Monk. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Squire. 17. Which tale qualifies as part of a medieval sermon? A) The Tale of Melibee. B) The Pardoner's Tale. C) The Physician's Tale. D) The Wife of Bath's Tale. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Pardoner's Tale. 18. What is a frame story? A) When you set someone up to get caught for a crime. B) When characters in the story, or movie, tell stories that take place somewhere else. C) When a character in a movie looks at the screen and talks to the audience. D) When a group of strangers goes on a pilgrimage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When characters in the story, or movie, tell stories that take place somewhere else. 19. What is the meaning of chivalry? A) A code of conduct. B) A road to Canterbury. C) A trait that gives you shivers. D) Religion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A code of conduct. 20. What season/month is described as the setting of the story, in the Prologue? A) Summer/July. B) Spring/March. C) Summer/June. D) Spring/April. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spring/April. 21. "Now is it of God a full fair grace That such vulgar man has wit to pace The wisdom of a crowd of learned men." A) Lawyer. B) Forgive. C) Cook. D) Master. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Master. 22. People say that I have the best table manners, and that I love my dogs ..... Who am I? A) Host. B) Fraternity Guild. C) Narrator. D) Nun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nun. 23. To distribute something in portions A) Adversity. B) Distinguished. C) Dispense. D) Dispatch. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dispense. 24. The Canterbury Tales is often considered a "snapshot" of the late medieval times because A) It has tales from all walks of life, all social classes, and it seems to represent all of us on our pilgrimage through life. B) It has lots of intricate pictures to go with the stories. C) The Ellesmere Edition brings the medieval times to life. D) Chaucer is a good story teller. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It has tales from all walks of life, all social classes, and it seems to represent all of us on our pilgrimage through life. 25. Which of the following purposes does the description of the Squire best serve? A) To emphasize how society includes people who are obsessed with their appearances. B) To emphasize how people in the 14th century were starting to pursue interests that weren't related to religion. C) To emphasize how the feudal system was continuing to thrive. D) To emphasize how people were starting to question going to war. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To emphasize how people in the 14th century were starting to pursue interests that weren't related to religion. 26. What reasons does the knight FIRST give for being unable to marry the old woman? A) She is too old and ugly. B) He is of higher rank than she. C) His family has forbidden the match. D) They have different ideas of marriage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She is too old and ugly. 27. Thin, choleric, successful estate manager who could loan his employer money ..... after he took his secret share A) Miller. B) Sergeant-at-Laws. C) Reeve. D) Yeoman. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reeve. 28. In the beginning of the Wife of Bath's Tale, she A) Teases the Friar by saying that Friars are know for seducing or assaulting women. B) Teases the Friar by saying that Friars are so holy and pure that they can't stand to be around sinners. C) Accuses the Friar of stealing money from women. D) Accuses the Friar of stealing money from her. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Teases the Friar by saying that Friars are know for seducing or assaulting women. 29. Do the pilgrims do what the Host asks? A) No. B) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes. 30. What tradesmen were there? A) A minstrel, barrel-maker, tailor, reeve. B) A merchant, teacher, lawyer, potter, weaver. C) A haberdasher, dyer, carpenter, weaver, carpet-maker. D) A clerk, carpenter, barrel-maker, plowman, haberdasher. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A haberdasher, dyer, carpenter, weaver, carpet-maker. 31. What was the most popular language in the Medieval Times? A) Latin. B) Middle English. C) French. D) Common English. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Middle English. 32. Another name for farmer is ..... A) Physician. B) Plumber. C) Plowman. D) Nobleman. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plowman. 33. What is the definition of sundry? 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) Honor as holy. D) Including many things or different kinds (a variety). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Including many things or different kinds (a variety). 34. Which character is very poor? A) Nun. B) Cleric. C) Lawyer. D) Monk. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cleric. 35. Which of the following statements best describes the end of the tale? A) Death takes the gold florins. B) The rioters become rich. C) Death takes a vacation. D) The rioters meet death. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The rioters meet death. 36. The pilgrims will visit the ..... of St. Thomas Beckett. A) Shrine. B) Tomb. C) House. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shrine. 37. What is the definition of satire? A) A journey to a shrine or a sacred place. B) Writing that ridicules or holds up to contempt the faults of individuals or groups. C) The medieval knightly system with its religious, moral, and social code. D) A ridiculous but amusing person; a clown. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Writing that ridicules or holds up to contempt the faults of individuals or groups. 38. The most important part that comes before the central conflict of the Wife of Bath's tale is ..... A) The reason that the knight is being punished. B) The description of the time period. C) The example of why women can't be trusted. D) The explanation why there are no fairies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The reason that the knight is being punished. 39. The Summoner's job was to ..... A) Oversee the land for the Lord of the Manor. B) Summon people to Church Court. C) Grind wheat into flour. D) Buy food and drink for rich people. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Summon people to Church Court. 40. The crone senses the knight is not happy. She says, "Sir, I could amend all this-if I wish-so that you might bear yourself toward me well. But being well-bred does not come from ancient wealth!" What does she mean by the bold words? A) Being wealthy does not automatically mean you have good manners and treat others well. B) Only new wealth, not ancient wealth, can help one be well-bred. C) Only those who are poor know how to treat others with kindness. The wealthy are always rude. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Being wealthy does not automatically mean you have good manners and treat others well. 41. THe pilgrims agree to tell stories to pass the time. the pilgrim with the best story will get a free dinner. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 42. Which character in 'The Canterbury Tales' is known for imitating the manners of the aristocracy? A) The Wife of Bath. B) The Merchant. C) The Prioress. D) The Clerk. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Prioress. 43. What other people were in the Nun's group? A) The Wife of Bath. B) The Parson. C) Haberdasher, Dyer, Carpenter, and Carpet maker. D) A nun and three priests. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A nun and three priests. 44. Canterbury tales was written in 25 tales and in narrative form. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 45. Flirtatiously shy A) Virtuous. B) Coy. C) Personable. D) Disdainful. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coy. 46. Which of the following events most directly shaped the English language during the Medieval period? A) The Glorious Revolution. B) The Norman Conquest. C) The War of the Roses. D) The Black Death. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Norman Conquest. 47. This character's job is to bring sinners to the church for their punishment. A) The summoner. B) The pardoner. C) The franklin. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The summoner. 48. The pilgrims agree to tell tales during the journey to- A) Preserve their stories for the future. B) Win a free meal and entertain one another. C) Reduce fighting and bickering. D) Teach the innkeeper a lesson about pride. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Win a free meal and entertain one another. 49. Which character only cared about learning? A) Merchant. B) Cleric. C) Franklin. D) Lawyer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cleric. 50. Chaucer wrote his poem in A) Latin. B) French. C) Middle English. D) Old English. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Middle English. 51. Where are the pilgrims going on their pilgrimage? A) Canterbury Cathedral. B) London. C) Tabard Inn. D) To the Host's House. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Canterbury Cathedral. 52. Which character was a sheriff and justice? A) Franklin. B) Sergeant at Law. C) Oxford Cleric. D) Guildsmen. E) Knight. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Franklin. 53. How do the Knights get freed? A) Palamon is pardoned, and Arcite escapes. B) Arcite is pardoned, and Palamon escapes. C) They knock out the guard, steal his keys, and run out of the castle. D) Emelye takes pity on them and lets them out one night. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arcite is pardoned, and Palamon escapes. 54. "I will relate a little thing in prose That ought to please you, or so I suppose." A) Miller. B) Wife of Bath. C) Sailor. D) Chaucer (Host). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chaucer (Host). 55. There are no vivid distinctions between the tales in terms of their writing style. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 56. She wore red stockings. A) Reeve. B) Prioress. C) Wife of Bath. D) Master. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wife of Bath. 57. In a composed dignified manner; calmly A) Accrue. B) Malady. C) Personable. D) Sedately. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sedately. 58. The Canterbury Tales is all of the following EXCEPT A) Unfinished and incomplete. B) Mainly short stories. C) Mainly translations from French and Italian. D) Written chiefly in rhymed couplets. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mainly translations from French and Italian. 59. The entire way of life of a group of people A) Culture. B) Cultivate. C) Cultivator. D) Customs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Culture. 60. Why are the pilgrims traveling to Canterbury Cathedral? A) To seek absolution. B) To visit the shrine of St. Thomas Beckett. C) They were exiled. D) Roadtrip!. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To visit the shrine of St. Thomas Beckett. ← 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 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