This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Epic > Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales Quiz 6 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Having a pleasant manner A) Valiantly. B) Personable. C) Discreet. D) Sincerity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personable. 2. Chaucer wrote the Canterbury Tales in French. This is why we read them. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 3. What language did Chaucer vouch for? A) English. B) French. C) Italian. D) Latin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) English. 4. Rode at the front of the group on the trip (playing bagpipes) A) Miller. B) Summoner. C) Forgive. D) Reeve. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Miller. 5. In describing the individual pilgrims, Chaucer begins with the A) Innkeeper. B) Knight. C) Wife of Bath. D) Forgive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Knight. 6. What is the definition of sanguine? A) Confident or cheerful. B) Choleric and sallow. C) Brittle and old. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Confident or cheerful. 7. The following writer was influential in making English a "legitimate" language: A) Dante. B) Chaucer. C) Shakespeare. D) Petrarch. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chaucer. 8. At the end of "The Wife of Bath's Tale, " what does the old hag receive? A) A new wardrobe made of silk. B) Sovereignty. C) A new castle built for her. D) Charity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sovereignty. 9. Which of the following purposes does the description of the Parson best serve? A) To emphasize how people who lived in the city looked down on people who lived in the country. B) To provide an example of what it could look like when a person employed by the church fulfilled his role. C) To emphasize how church employee were often nosy and meddled people's business. D) To emphasize the way people in the Middle Ages were starting to question the advice of people employed by the church. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To emphasize how church employee were often nosy and meddled people's business. 10. HOW DEEPLY IS THE PARDONER INVESTED IN THE SALVATION OF HIS CONGREGANTS? A) HE CARES DEEPLY FOR THE CONGREGANTS. B) HIS INVESTMENT IS MIXED AS HE DOES CARE BUT DOES NOT DO THE RIGHT THING. C) HE DOES NOT CARE ABOUT SAVING THEIR SOULS. D) NONE OF THE ABOVE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) HE DOES NOT CARE ABOUT SAVING THEIR SOULS. 11. Whose company does The Friar enjoy? A) Barmaids/Innkeepers. B) His family. C) His friends. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Barmaids/Innkeepers. 12. Works for a college; noted as a shrewd buyer A) Manicpal. B) Parson. C) Reeve. D) Sergeant-at-Laws. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Manicpal. 13. What kind of animal is Pertelote A) Fish. B) Dog. C) Chicken. D) Sheep. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chicken. 14. I wear a green cloak & hood with bows & arrows. Also, I'm servant to the Squire ..... Who am I? A) Haberdasher. B) Yeoman. C) Squire. D) Parson. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yeoman. 15. What conflict arises between the two men in "The Knight's Tale" (8)? A) They are just really bored in jail. B) Only one of them knows how to escape. C) They are both in love with the same woman. D) There is only food enough for one man. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They are both in love with the same woman. 16. In the Knight's Tale, Arcite is the cousin who was killed in the joust. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 17. The Canterbury Tales uses a literary device that places a story within another story. What is this called? A) Flashback. B) Symbolism. C) Allusion. D) Frame Story. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Frame Story. 18. Pleasant or amiable; attractive A) Discreet. B) Wonderful. C) Personable. D) Eminent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personable. 19. The reader is aware of important information that the characters do not know A) Verbal irony. B) Situational irony. C) Parody. D) Dramatic irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dramatic irony. 20. My brother got grounded when Mom heard the ..... he called me. A) Talisman. B) Pejorative. C) Amiable. D) Pilgrimage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pejorative. 21. Even though I brag about how much money I make, I'm really in debt ..... Who am I? A) Forgive. B) Summoner. C) Merchant. D) Fraternity Guild. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Merchant. 22. The qualities or traits that make one person or group different from any other A) Hierarchy. B) Identity. C) Medieval. D) Society. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Identity. 23. What are the three reasons we write? (Authors purpose for writing) A) Persuade, Inform, Educate. B) Persuade, Inform, Entertain. C) Persuade, Inform, Electrify. D) Perform, Infer, Entertain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Persuade, Inform, Entertain. 24. The Wife of Bath is a- A) Pious churchgoer and religious teacher. B) Well-traveled and open-minded woman, atypic in the epoch. C) Veteran of several pilgrimages and marriages. D) Widow of a prosperous doctor in Bath. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Well-traveled and open-minded woman, atypic in the epoch. 25. What is the moral of "The Miller's Tale" A) Always treat your wife well. B) Never trust a student. C) Marry someone who is like you. D) Think before you speak. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Marry someone who is like you. 26. Ability to move quickly A) Agility. B) Felicity. C) Wield. D) Disdain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Agility. 27. How does The Pardoner make money? A) Steals from the rich. B) By forgiving those who have sinned and they pay a price. C) Pickpockets others. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By forgiving those who have sinned and they pay a price. 28. Choose the SYNONYM for incendiary A) Eager. B) Flirty. C) Greedy. D) Provocative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Provocative. 29. At a time when most people could not afford food, what does the nun's or Prioress's treatment of her dogs tell you about her? A) She is caring for her dog. B) She does not care that others are starving and tends to her dog instead. C) She always gives to the poor and to animals. D) She is a devout nun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She does not care that others are starving and tends to her dog instead. 30. Beowulf was able to ..... both his own sword and the one forged by giants. A) Wield. B) Agility. C) Disdain. D) Diligent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wield. 31. Each pilgrim should tell: A) Four stories. B) One story. C) Two stories. D) One story going to and one story coming back. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Four stories. 32. Who is the author of The Canterbury Tales? A) Unknown. B) Harry Bailey. C) William Shakespeare. D) Geoffrey Chaucer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Geoffrey Chaucer. 33. The authority of the Church was absolute, even over the A) King. B) God. C) The Pope. D) Bishops and Archbishops. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) King. 34. The term means BOTH "someone who is honorable" and "someone who is born into a ruling social class like a prince or a duchess." A) Chivalry. B) Martyr. C) Gentle. D) Noble. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Noble. 35. Had sore on leg; might have accidentally been poisoning people A) Physician. B) Friar. C) Monk. D) Cook. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cook. 36. What is the definition of direct characterization? A) When he or she describes a character's traits explicitly. B) When he or she describes a character's traits indirectly. C) The act of not giving a direct answer to a question in order to hide the truth. D) A service of morning prayer in various churches, especially the Anglican Church. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When he or she describes a character's traits explicitly. 37. To handle something A) Hardy. B) Wield. C) Disdain. D) Embark. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wield. 38. He didn't read the Bible much. A) Friar. B) Doctor. C) Reeve. D) Forgive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Doctor. 39. In a calm and dignified way A) Accrue. B) Personable. C) Sedately. D) Concept. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sedately. 40. This pilgrim was large and somewhat deaf, had a red complexion, wore a wide hat and spurs and had been married several times. A) The Wife of Bath. B) The Cook. C) The Skipper. D) The Host. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Wife of Bath. 41. "What's more, he was a merry-hearted man." A) Friar. B) Host. C) Geoffrey Chaucer. D) Parson. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Host. 42. How does Chaucer use direct characterization to portray the characters in The Canterbury Tales? A) Chaucer uses dialogue to reveal the characters' thoughts and feelings. B) Chaucer describes the characters' physical appearance, personality traits, and actions. C) Chaucer relies on the characters' inner monologues to depict their personalities. D) Chaucer uses indirect characterization to describe the characters' traits and actions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chaucer describes the characters' physical appearance, personality traits, and actions. 43. What is the motive for the Summoner's Tale? A) To show why religion is important. B) To talk about his friendship with the friar. C) To insult the friar. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To insult the friar. 44. A person who makes a journey for religious reasons A) Chivalry. B) Medieval. C) Pilgrim. D) Obstinate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pilgrim. 45. What do Friar's live off of? A) Stealing. B) Talent. C) Charitable donations. D) Steady income from a job. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Charitable donations. 46. Which is important to setting? A) WHERE a story takes place. B) WHEN a story takes place. C) Both where AND when. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both where AND when. 47. True or False:In Medieval times it was believed knights were protected by God. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 48. (a) is a synonym for joke A) A Jape. B) Pence. C) Heed. D) Anon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A Jape. 49. What did the reeve look like? A) Average, modest build. B) Fat, wide and tired. C) Strong, big boned, and thick. D) Thin with long lean legs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thin with long lean legs. 50. What season is described at the beginning of the prologue? A) Beginning of spring. B) End of spring. C) Winter. D) The rainy season. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beginning of spring. 51. Wise, using good judgment A) Hardy. B) Festive. C) Diligent. D) Prudent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prudent. 52. The Wife of Bath is gap-toothed. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 53. What is the occupation of the Clerk in 'The Canterbury Tales'? A) Lawyer. B) Merchant. C) Soldier. D) Student. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Student. 54. What do women want? A) To become rich. B) To be well respected. C) To always be in charge. D) To be well dressed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To always be in charge. 55. Which member of the clergy is actually a good person? A) The Nun. B) The Monk. C) The Parson. D) The Friar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Parson. 56. The biblical allusion (historical reference) within "The Miller's Tale" is the reference to A) Noah's Ark. B) Moses' Flood. C) The Holy Grail. D) Plague of locusts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noah's Ark. 57. For the most part, how does Chaucer view the members of the clergy? A) Honest, hard workers. B) Greedy for money and hypocritical. C) Might men and women of God. D) Respectful. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Greedy for money and hypocritical. 58. What is the reward for the pilgrim that tells the most meaningful and comforting story? A) They will win a million dollars from the King. B) They will receive a nice pat on the back. C) They will receive a warm wool coat. D) They will receive a meal paid by the rest of the pilgrims. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They will receive a meal paid by the rest of the pilgrims. 59. The Franklin always welcomed people into his home and gave them something to eat. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 60. A merchant was a ..... A) Jack of all trades. B) Version of a modern day lawyer. C) Man known as a philosopher. D) Religious group member who is in poverty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jack of all trades. ← 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 5Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales Quiz 7Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales Quiz 8Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books