This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Epic > Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales Quiz 17 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following purposes does the description of the Parson best serve? A) To emphasize how people who lived in the city looked down on people who lived in the country. B) To provide an example of what it could look like when a person employed by the church fulfilled his role. C) To emphasize how church employee were often nosy and meddled people's business. D) To emphasize the way people in the Middle Ages were starting to question the advice of people employed by the church. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To emphasize how church employee were often nosy and meddled people's business. 2. HOW DEEPLY IS THE PARDONER INVESTED IN THE SALVATION OF HIS CONGREGANTS? A) HE CARES DEEPLY FOR THE CONGREGANTS. B) HIS INVESTMENT IS MIXED AS HE DOES CARE BUT DOES NOT DO THE RIGHT THING. C) HE DOES NOT CARE ABOUT SAVING THEIR SOULS. D) NONE OF THE ABOVE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) HE DOES NOT CARE ABOUT SAVING THEIR SOULS. 3. Whose company does The Friar enjoy? A) Barmaids/Innkeepers. B) His family. C) His friends. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Barmaids/Innkeepers. 4. Works for a college; noted as a shrewd buyer A) Reeve. B) Parson. C) Manicpal. D) Sergeant-at-Laws. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Manicpal. 5. What kind of animal is Pertelote A) Sheep. B) Fish. C) Chicken. D) Dog. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chicken. 6. I wear a green cloak & hood with bows & arrows. Also, I'm servant to the Squire ..... Who am I? A) Parson. B) Yeoman. C) Squire. D) Haberdasher. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yeoman. 7. What conflict arises between the two men in "The Knight's Tale" (8)? A) They are just really bored in jail. B) Only one of them knows how to escape. C) They are both in love with the same woman. D) There is only food enough for one man. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They are both in love with the same woman. 8. In the Knight's Tale, Arcite is the cousin who was killed in the joust. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 9. The Canterbury Tales uses a literary device that places a story within another story. What is this called? A) Flashback. B) Symbolism. C) Allusion. D) Frame Story. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Frame Story. 10. Pleasant or amiable; attractive A) Eminent. B) Wonderful. C) Discreet. D) Personable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personable. 11. A relic is A) A thick soup of vegetables and meat. B) Something designed to arouse amusement or laughter. C) A holy object; an esteemed, venerated object. D) Money. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A holy object; an esteemed, venerated object. 12. The reader is aware of important information that the characters do not know A) Situational irony. B) Verbal irony. C) Dramatic irony. D) Parody. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dramatic irony. 13. My brother got grounded when Mom heard the ..... he called me. A) Pejorative. B) Amiable. C) Talisman. D) Pilgrimage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pejorative. 14. Even though I brag about how much money I make, I'm really in debt ..... Who am I? A) Merchant. B) Summoner. C) Forgive. D) Fraternity Guild. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Merchant. 15. The qualities or traits that make one person or group different from any other A) Society. B) Hierarchy. C) Identity. D) Medieval. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Identity. 16. What are the three reasons we write? (Authors purpose for writing) A) Persuade, Inform, Electrify. B) Perform, Infer, Entertain. C) Persuade, Inform, Educate. D) Persuade, Inform, Entertain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Persuade, Inform, Entertain. 17. The Wife of Bath is a- A) Pious churchgoer and religious teacher. B) Well-traveled and open-minded woman, atypic in the epoch. C) Veteran of several pilgrimages and marriages. D) Widow of a prosperous doctor in Bath. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Well-traveled and open-minded woman, atypic in the epoch. 18. What is the moral of "The Miller's Tale" A) Think before you speak. B) Marry someone who is like you. C) Never trust a student. D) Always treat your wife well. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Marry someone who is like you. 19. Ability to move quickly A) Agility. B) Disdain. C) Wield. D) Felicity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Agility. 20. How does The Pardoner make money? A) Steals from the rich. B) By forgiving those who have sinned and they pay a price. C) Pickpockets others. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By forgiving those who have sinned and they pay a price. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGenres 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 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books