This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Epic > Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales – Quiz 21 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales Quiz 21 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Because I love to hunt, I have the fastest greyhounds & the best horses ..... Who am I? A) Friar. B) Monk. C) Knight. D) Squire. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Monk. 2. What would you find the Monk doing on a beautiful day? A) Praying. B) Dancing. C) Shopping. D) Hunting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hunting. 3. Why is it such a big deal that Chaucer wrote in English? A) English was not Chaucer's native language. B) Only rich and powerful people spoke English. C) Only the clergy spoke English. D) English was the language of the common people. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) English was the language of the common people. 4. Takes from the poor to give to himself A) The Merchant. B) The Friar. C) The Plowman. D) The Miller. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Friar. 5. The book is written in ..... A) Prose. B) Verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verse. 6. Who does this describe? "I am an official that brings persons violating Church law to court. I have poor skin and the Pardoner is my best friend." A) Prioress. B) Parson. C) Monk. D) Summoner. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Summoner. 7. The War of the Roses is a civil war between these two hoses A) Lancaster and Bartatheon. B) Lancaster and Tudor. C) Tudor and York. D) Lancaster and York. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lancaster and York. 8. Which character wore colorful clothing with flowers? A) Franklin. B) Squire. C) Lawyer. D) Nun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Squire. 9. Choose the SYNONYM for pejorative A) Insulting. B) Complimentary. C) Happy. D) Sad. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Insulting. 10. Sells indulgences and cheated people of money-ugly, liar, immoral, heartless, thief A) Forgive. B) Summoner. C) Miller. D) STUDENT-THIS IS THE RIGHT ANSWER. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) STUDENT-THIS IS THE RIGHT ANSWER. 11. Showing tact, respect, and restraint in speech or behavior A) Guile. B) Stature. C) Discreet. D) Disdainful. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Discreet. 12. Dresses in a "motley" fashion A) The Merchant. B) The Wife of Bath. C) The Reeve. D) The Prioress (Nun). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Merchant. 13. Which character had a forking beard? A) Nun. B) Merchant. C) Monk. D) Franklin. E) Cook. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Merchant. 14. From what business and what city did the pilgrims start their journey? A) The Red Lion, London. B) Three Broomsticks, Hogsmead. C) Tabard Inn, London. D) Cheers, Boston. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tabard Inn, London. 15. He was the first poet to be buried in ..... A) The Royal Cemetery. B) The Poets' corner in Westminster Abbey. C) The Tower of London. D) The Hall of Fame. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Poets' corner in Westminster Abbey. 16. Where are the pilgrims going? A) Thomas Beckett's shrine. B) Thomas Wolfe's shrine. C) Graceland. D) Thomas Paine's shrine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thomas Beckett's shrine. 17. The character who told the first story was? A) The Monk. B) Harry Bailey. C) The Friar. D) The Knight. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Knight. 18. Which of the following quotations from "The Prologue" is the best example of using key details to make a character stand out? A) "He wore a fustian tunic stained and dark / With smudges where his armor had left mark". B) "No other servant; so he chose to ride.". C) "Just home from service, he had joined our ranks.". D) "The rooms and stables of the inn were wide.". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "He wore a fustian tunic stained and dark / With smudges where his armor had left mark". 19. A story with a deep symbolic meaning that is commenting on a society is called ..... A) An archetype. B) An allegory. C) A frame story. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An allegory. 20. What language did you learn during the Medieval Time? A) Latin. B) Spanish. C) French. D) English. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Latin. ← 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