This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Epic > Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales – Quiz 20 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales Quiz 20 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In the end, the knight A) Conceded to the old woman to do as she pleased. B) Thought to abandon the old woman. C) Was punished for raping the maiden. D) Chose to have the old but faithful lady. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conceded to the old woman to do as she pleased. 2. What vocab word means "famous and respected within a particular area?" A) Eminent. B) Benign. C) Agility. D) Duress. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eminent. 3. Identity A) Related to the Middle Ages period of time in European history. B) A large community. C) The qualities or traits that make one person or group different from any other. D) A particular way of viewing things or events. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The qualities or traits that make one person or group different from any other. 4. What did Theseus decide to do with Palamon and Arcite when they turned out to be alive? A) Imprison them forever. B) Turn them into his servants. C) Hang their bodies outside the city walls. D) Set them free but they cannot come back to Thebes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imprison them forever. 5. What is indirect characterization in literature? A) The process of revealing a character's traits through their inner thoughts and feelings. B) The process of revealing a character's traits through direct statements or descriptions. C) The process of revealing a character's traits through their physical appearance only. D) The process of revealing a character's traits through their actions, thoughts, dialogue, appearance, or other characters' perceptions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The process of revealing a character's traits through their actions, thoughts, dialogue, appearance, or other characters' perceptions. 6. True or False? The Knight's are described as a "gatepost" A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 7. In The Canterbury Tales, who presented the idea for each pilgrim to tell stories on their trip in order to win a prize when they returned? A) Geoffrey Chaucer. B) The Knight. C) The Host. D) The Pardoner. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Host. 8. The Middle English had a lot of regional variations A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 9. How old was the reeve's lord? A) 20. B) 30. C) 40. D) 50. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 20. 10. In his description of the Wife of Bath in the General Prologue the narrator's tone is A) Strongly critical. B) Highly sympathetic. C) Gently ironic. D) Harshly sarcastic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gently ironic. 11. Which of the following purposes does the description of the Wife of Bath best serve? A) To emphasize how women's lives were restricted in the Middle Ages. B) To emphasize how popular the activity of religious pilgrimage was in the Middle Ages. C) To emphasize the luxurious clothing people could get if they bribed church officials. D) To emphasize how society includes people who are outgoing and most at ease in social situations. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To emphasize how society includes people who are outgoing and most at ease in social situations. 12. Which saint are the pilgrims traveling to honor? A) St. Peter. B) St. Maur. C) St. Thomas Becket. D) St. Benedict. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) St. Thomas Becket. 13. Johnny is not gluttonous, but he does like a good ..... now and then. A) Vintage. B) Pestilence. C) Livery. D) Martyr. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vintage. 14. Who sold fake relics; his indulgences were most often sold at handsome prices? A) Forgive. B) Reeve. C) Master. D) Skipper. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Forgive. 15. The prologue ends with: A) All of the characters are ready to leave for the pilgrimage. They are going to have a contest and whomever tells the best story as they travel will win a free meal. B) All of the characters are ready to leave for the pilgrimage. The characters start fighting with each other. C) All of the characters are halfway to Canterbury. They are telling stories as they go. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All of the characters are ready to leave for the pilgrimage. They are going to have a contest and whomever tells the best story as they travel will win a free meal. 16. Why are the pilgrims going on the pilgrimage? A) Guilt. B) Religious Devotion. C) Loneliness. D) Boredom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Religious Devotion. 17. Identify the character from the quote: "He was a master-hand at stealing grain. He felt it with his thumb and thus he knew Its quality and took three times his due ..... A thumb of gold, by God, to gauge an oat! He wore a hood of blue and a white coat." A) Wife of Bath. B) Narrator. C) Host. D) Miller. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Miller. 18. Who is the first pilgrim that the narrator describes? A) The Squire. B) The Monk. C) The Yeoman. D) The Knight. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Knight. 19. What does the Host propose to the group? A) They they all sleep in the barn where it is warm and they can see the stars. B) That they stay a few extra days at the inn and have a story-telling contest. C) That they promise to return to the Inn after their trip to Canterbury and recount it. D) That they have a story telling contest on the way to Canterbury. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) That they have a story telling contest on the way to Canterbury. 20. Tiny and delicately beautiful A) Dainty. B) Courteous. C) Prudent. D) Sundry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dainty. ← 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