This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales – Quiz 76 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales Quiz 76 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In writing the Canterbury Tales, Geoffery Chaucer is attempting to ..... A) Present the world through the eyes of the pilgrims. B) Present the world in a mean and cruel manner. C) Present the world through the eyes of the leaders. D) Present the world as he sees it. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Present the world as he sees it. 2. Thrice A) One time. B) Two times. C) Three times. D) Four times. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Three times. 3. What does quarrel mean? A) To laugh loudly. B) To run fast. C) To argue or disagree. D) To dance at a Medieval Ball. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To argue or disagree. 4. Showed and sold people false artifacts A) Parson. B) Friar. C) Forgive. D) Summoner. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Forgive. 5. Which of the following purposes does the description of the Cook best serve? A) To provide comedic effect. B) To emphasize the sanitation issues of the Middle Ages. C) To emphasize how fewer people were taking jobs in the church. D) To emphasize how increased trade brought new cuisines to England. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To provide comedic effect. 6. -money hungry-sings well, but small voice A) The Pardoner. B) The Parson. C) The Plowman. D) The Wife of Bath. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Pardoner. 7. Model of "landed gentry"; kind, old, and generous; loved good food and sharing it with friends A) Plowman. B) Yeoman. C) Franklin. D) Reeve. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Franklin. 8. Which corrupt Canterbury Tales pilgrim sells pardons? A) The Summoner. B) The Pardoner. C) The Parson. D) The Plowman. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Pardoner. 9. The one who would take people to trial or arrest them when they went against the Catholic law-was a hypocrite A) Summoner. B) Forgive. C) Lawyer. D) Skipper. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Summoner. 10. To be DISCREET means to rashly take action without much thought A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 11. Pallor A) Blush, red checks. B) Pimples. C) Paleness. D) A drink. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paleness. 12. The winner of the contest receives ..... A) A free meal from the Host. B) A relic from the Pardoner. C) A high five. D) Gold and jewels from the king. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A free meal from the Host. 13. Based on the context of this sentence from "The Wife of Bath's Tale, " what is the meaning of the word anguish? Great was the anguish churning in his head. When he and she were piloted to bed; He wallowed back and forth in desperate style. His ancient wife lay smiling all the while ..... A) Pleasure. B) Nervousness. C) Eagerness. D) Torment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Torment. 14. The event that marks the end 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: C) The end of the War of the Roses. 15. Foreknowledge of events A) Betray. B) Clemency. C) Prescience. D) Sovereign. E) Temporal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prescience. 16. Choose the ANTONYM for devout A) Uncommitted. B) Interesting. C) Friendly. D) Obvious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Uncommitted. 17. Which character had a white silk purse? A) Nun. B) Squire. C) Franklin. D) Merchant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Franklin. 18. Foil to clergy characters, the Monk and Friar A) The Parson. B) The Yeoman. C) The Pardoner. D) The Reeve. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Parson. 19. Why do the pilgrims agree to tell stories on their journey? A) Preserve their stories for future generations. B) Win a free meal and to entertain each other. C) Reduce fighting between the pilgrims. D) Teach each other lessons and encourage kindness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Win a free meal and to entertain each other. 20. An action word A) Noun. B) Verb. C) Adjective. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noun. ← 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