Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales Quiz 14 (20 MCQs)

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1. In the narrator's description of the Wife of Bath, which of the following items of clothing are red in colour?

Correct Answer: B) Her stockings.

2. Which character was Epicurus' son?

Correct Answer: D) Franklin.

3. A story in which characters in the story tell stories is called a

Correct Answer: B) Frame story.

4. The host suggests and gives them direction on how they should pass the time on the journey. What does he say they all will do?

Correct Answer: C) Tell stories.

5. "A lover and a lusty bachelor, With locks well curled, as if they'd laid in press. Some twenty years of age he was, I guess."

Correct Answer: D) Squire.

6. Which tale qualifies as part of a medieval sermon?

Correct Answer: C) The Pardoner's Tale.

7. What is a frame story?

Correct Answer: B) When characters in the story, or movie, tell stories that take place somewhere else.

8. What is the meaning of chivalry?

Correct Answer: A) A code of conduct.

9. What season/month is described as the setting of the story, in the Prologue?

Correct Answer: B) Spring/April.

10. "Now is it of God a full fair grace That such vulgar man has wit to pace The wisdom of a crowd of learned men."

Correct Answer: D) Master.

11. People say that I have the best table manners, and that I love my dogs ..... Who am I?

Correct Answer: C) Nun.

12. To distribute something in portions

Correct Answer: A) Dispense.

13. The Canterbury Tales is often considered a "snapshot" of the late medieval times because

Correct Answer: A) It has tales from all walks of life, all social classes, and it seems to represent all of us on our pilgrimage through life.

14. Which of the following purposes does the description of the Squire best serve?

Correct Answer: B) To emphasize how people in the 14th century were starting to pursue interests that weren't related to religion.

15. What reasons does the knight FIRST give for being unable to marry the old woman?

Correct Answer: A) She is too old and ugly.

16. Thin, choleric, successful estate manager who could loan his employer money ..... after he took his secret share

Correct Answer: A) Reeve.

17. In the beginning of the Wife of Bath's Tale, she

Correct Answer: A) Teases the Friar by saying that Friars are know for seducing or assaulting women.

18. Do the pilgrims do what the Host asks?

Correct Answer: A) Yes.

19. What tradesmen were there?

Correct Answer: C) A haberdasher, dyer, carpenter, weaver, carpet-maker.

20. What was the most popular language in the Medieval Times?

Correct Answer: A) Middle English.