Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales Quiz 70 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which of the following characters is NOT satirized.

Correct Answer: A) Knight.

2. In what season are the pilgrims traveling?

Correct Answer: C) Spring.

3. How (according to her) did the Wife of Bath become deaf in one ear?

Correct Answer: C) Her husband hit her so hard she lost her hearing.

4. What makes The Canterbury Tales a good reflection of its time period?

Correct Answer: B) It tells of people in different social levels and occupations.

5. She'd been married five times.

Correct Answer: A) Wife of Bath.

6. Choose the ANTONYM for Talisman

Correct Answer: B) Unlucky.

7. Ruthless; has plundered many ships

Correct Answer: B) Skipper.

8. The Cook is great at his craft and knows a lot about food.

Correct Answer: A) True.

9. I am a hunter, and am very skilled with a bow and arrow.

Correct Answer: A) The Yeoman.

10. Fame earned him money; great knowledge of the law; had a homely coat

Correct Answer: C) Lawyer.

11. Transmutation

Correct Answer: A) Noun.

12. Marries off the women he impregnates

Correct Answer: B) Friar.

13. Which of these is NOT a part of Medieval Romance Literature

Correct Answer: D) A large battle.

14. Did the wife of bath have patience in church?

Correct Answer: B) No, she would not give offerings if someone went ahead of her.

15. Geoffrey Chaucer was a common man who lived among nobility.

Correct Answer: A) True.

16. Which two characters told the 3 rioters about Death?

Correct Answer: A) The knave and the publican.

17. The stories in the book are not linked to each other.

Correct Answer: B) False.

18. What type of details is least directly connected to characterization?

Correct Answer: C) Age.

19. The character in The Canterbury Tales who most closely resembles Chaucer himself is the-

Correct Answer: A) Narrator.

20. Why is The Canterbury Tales unfinished?

Correct Answer: A) Chaucer died before he could finish it.