Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales Quiz 16 (20 MCQs)

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1. Where are the pilgrims going on their pilgrimage?

Correct Answer: C) Canterbury Cathedral.

2. Which character was a sheriff and justice?

Correct Answer: B) Franklin.

3. How do the Knights get freed?

Correct Answer: B) Arcite is pardoned, and Palamon escapes.

4. "I will relate a little thing in prose That ought to please you, or so I suppose."

Correct Answer: A) Chaucer (Host).

5. There are no vivid distinctions between the tales in terms of their writing style.

Correct Answer: A) False.

6. She wore red stockings.

Correct Answer: C) Wife of Bath.

7. In a composed dignified manner; calmly

Correct Answer: D) Sedately.

8. The Canterbury Tales is all of the following EXCEPT

Correct Answer: C) Mainly translations from French and Italian.

9. The entire way of life of a group of people

Correct Answer: A) Culture.

10. Why are the pilgrims traveling to Canterbury Cathedral?

Correct Answer: B) To visit the shrine of St. Thomas Beckett.

11. Having a pleasant manner

Correct Answer: B) Personable.

12. Chaucer wrote the Canterbury Tales in French. This is why we read them.

Correct Answer: B) False.

13. What language did Chaucer vouch for?

Correct Answer: C) English.

14. Rode at the front of the group on the trip (playing bagpipes)

Correct Answer: A) Miller.

15. In describing the individual pilgrims, Chaucer begins with the

Correct Answer: A) Knight.

16. Transcend

Correct Answer: B) To exceed, surpass.

17. What is the definition of sanguine?

Correct Answer: A) Confident or cheerful.

18. The following writer was influential in making English a "legitimate" language:

Correct Answer: B) Chaucer.

19. At the end of "The Wife of Bath's Tale, " what does the old hag receive?

Correct Answer: A) Sovereignty.

20. Pilgrimage is

Correct Answer: A) A long journey to a sacred place.