This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales – Quiz 71 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales Quiz 71 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What were the results of the Norman Conquest? A) An inventory and seizure of property. B) Strong central government set up/Feudalism. C) Martial Law put into effect. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 2. What does the pilgrim get if they win the contest? A) Free dinner paid for by the pilgrims. B) A free nights stay at the Tabard Inn. C) An award from Thomas Beckett. D) Chaucer's approval. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Free dinner paid for by the pilgrims. 3. What does the host propose to the pilgrims? A) He proposes that they memorize Bible verses and recite them to the group each evening. The host will keep account of the number each pilgrim memorizes. The pilgrim who memorizes the most will receive a monetary reward from the rest. B) He proposes that they stop three times each day (morning, noon, and evening) for prayers, and that a different pilgrim will lead the prayers each day. C) He proposes that hey convert people along the way and take them on the pilgrimage. He convinces the Pardoner to offer special indulgences to the pilgrims who got converts to join them. D) He proposes that they each tell two stories on the way to and from their destination. The winner will get a free meal at the expense of the others. The Host will ride along and be the judge. Anyone who doesn't abide by his rule will have to pay everyone's way. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He proposes that they each tell two stories on the way to and from their destination. The winner will get a free meal at the expense of the others. The Host will ride along and be the judge. Anyone who doesn't abide by his rule will have to pay everyone's way. 4. Supposed to be enforcing church law, but does the opposite A) The Miller. B) The Yeoman. C) The Parson. D) The Summoner. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Summoner. 5. Who is described as a "proper forester"; with a longbow and a "head like a nut" ? A) Yeoman. B) Merchant. C) Knight. D) Guildsmen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yeoman. 6. What was the "Pardoner's" job? A) Preacher. B) Banker. C) Farmer. D) Teacher. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Preacher. 7. I follow the code of chivalry-truth, honor, generousness, and courtesy. A) Knight. B) Squire. C) Franklin. D) Oxford Scholar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Knight. 8. Who decided that the Knight should have a different sentence? A) The Queen. B) The King. C) The Maiden. D) The Pardoner. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Queen. 9. A system for organizing groups-such as people, ideas or objects-based on levels of their importance, power or social standing A) Social. B) Identity. C) Hierarchy. D) Medieval. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hierarchy. 10. " ..... one made for mastery, An outrider, who loved his venery." A) Sailor. B) Monk. C) Oxford Cleric. D) Doctor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Monk. 11. Had sympathetic and tender feelings A) Oxford Cleric. B) Monk. C) Nun. D) Wife of Bath. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nun. 12. In "The Wife of Bath's Tale, " what does the knight do after hearing the queen's question and leaving her presence? A) He searches all over and asks every woman he finds for the answer. B) He leaves the kingdom and tries to find a safe place to hide. C) He goes to prison because he could not answer the question. D) He searches for the old woman to get her advice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He searches all over and asks every woman he finds for the answer. 13. Style, fashion A) Wanton. B) Virtue. C) Disdain. D) Mode. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mode. 14. Married 5 times A) The Prioress (Nun). B) The Reeve. C) The Squire. D) The Wife of Bath. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Wife of Bath. 15. Backstage of the play was a ..... of activity as actors and support crews got ready for the play A) Maelstrom. B) Misogynistic. C) Ostentatious. D) Pilgrimage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Maelstrom. 16. An ugly old woman A) Sovereignty. B) Crone. C) Won. D) Bequeath. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Crone. 17. Accrue A) Money to be given over a period of time. B) To find money. C) To love money too much. D) To spend money freely and without wisdom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Money to be given over a period of time. 18. The event that marks the beginning of the Middle Ages is A) The Anglo-Saxon Invasion. B) The Norman Invasion. C) The end of the War of the Roses. D) The Crusades. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Norman Invasion. 19. Enjoys the overnight company of a lady A) The Miller. B) The Squire. C) The Reeve. D) The Knight. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Squire. 20. Because most people in the Middle Ages didn't have much money, they had to be ..... in order to survive. A) Agile. B) Frugal. C) Coy. D) Diligent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Frugal. ← 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