This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales – Quiz 31 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales Quiz 31 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is symbolism? A) Repetition of the initial consonant. B) A comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as". C) A device used to create expectation or set up an explanation. D) A device in literature where an object represents an idea. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A device in literature where an object represents an idea. 2. Which Character wore a short gown? A) The Yoeman. B) The Knight. C) The Squire. D) The Nun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Squire. 3. How does direct characterization help in understanding a character in The Canterbury Tales? A) Direct characterization reveals the character's thoughts and feelings. B) Direct characterization focuses on the character's actions and behaviors. C) Direct characterization provides explicit information about the character's traits, personality, and appearance. D) Direct characterization emphasizes the character's role in the plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Direct characterization provides explicit information about the character's traits, personality, and appearance. 4. Why do the rioters go looking for death in the tale? A) To be paid. B) They were commissioned by the king. C) Avenge the death of their friend. D) Earn fame and fortune. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Avenge the death of their friend. 5. N., pressure A) Duress. B) Agility. C) Eminent. D) Accrue. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Duress. 6. John ..... the thief when he saw him trying to break into his car. A) Accosted. B) Keened. C) Undulated. D) Ostentatious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Accosted. 7. Which character has to tell the first tale? A) The Knight. B) The Miller. C) The Pardoner. D) The Prioress. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Knight. 8. Which is NOT important to setting? A) Time period. B) Events that happen. C) Describing the location. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Events that happen. 9. Type of irony in which the reader/audience knows something a character does not A) Verbal. B) Situational. C) Dramatic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dramatic. 10. Which Canterbury Tales pilgrim owns a ship and makes prisoners walk the plank? A) The Skipper. B) The Franklin. C) The Yeoman. D) The Merchant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Skipper. 11. Why would we want to read the modern version of The Canterbury Tales? A) It's more interesting. B) The language is easier for us to understand because we are familiar with it. C) That's the version our teacher wants us to read. D) The original version was written in French. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The language is easier for us to understand because we are familiar with it. 12. Had a pimply face, friend of The Pardoner, had a love of onions and leeks A) Franklin. B) Summoner. C) Lawyer. D) Monk. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Summoner. 13. Which of the following is NOT an example of irony in the story. A) Monna ends up marrying Federigo. B) Monna needs Federigo more when he doesn't have the money to impress her. C) Monna's son dies. D) Federigo cooks the very thing Monna needs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Monna's son dies. 14. What is the name of the inn where the pilgrims meet in 'The Canterbury Tales'? A) The Tabard Inn. B) The Green Dragon. C) The Prancing Pony. D) The Leaky Cauldron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Tabard Inn. 15. The Wife of Bath's first name is A) She isn't given a first name, just "The Wife". B) Alison. C) Absalom. D) Bertha. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alison. 16. The characters set off on a ..... A) Pilgrimage. B) Holiday. C) Walk. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pilgrimage. 17. Great hardship or difficulty; misfortune A) Adversity. B) Courteous. C) Dispense. D) Pilgrimage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adversity. 18. What was unique about Chaucer? A) He could speak multiple languages. B) He was born into royalty. C) His experience allowed him to write about all walks of life. D) He wrote "The Canterbury Tales" about his life. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) His experience allowed him to write about all walks of life. 19. Where is the pardoner from? A) Canterbury. B) France. C) London. D) Rome. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rome. 20. To leave in a will A) Bequeath. B) Chivalry. C) Implore. D) Le samurai family. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bequeath. ← PreviousNext →Related 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 6Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales Quiz 7Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales Quiz 8Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales Quiz 9Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books