This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Epic > Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales – Quiz 22 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales Quiz 22 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which Canterbury Tales pilgrim married wealthy men and spent their money? A) The Knight. B) The Pardoner. C) The Squire. D) The Wife of Bath. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Wife of Bath. 2. What instrument does The Miller like to play? A) The violin. B) The guitar. C) The bagpipes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The bagpipes. 3. Whose shrine are the characters going to visit? A) Geoffery Chaucer's. B) Thomas Becket's. C) Beowulf's. D) King Henry VIII's. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thomas Becket's. 4. Old, choleric, and thin A) Summoner. B) Miller. C) Yeoman. D) Reeve. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reeve. 5. Through his satire of most of the clergy (church) members in the Prologue, what can we say Chaucer's attitude is about these clergy members and their behavior? A) He is disgusted by the inappropriate and criminal behavior of the church members. B) He is inspired by their Christian attitudes and generosity. C) He is impressed by their devious and criminal behavior. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He is disgusted by the inappropriate and criminal behavior of the church members. 6. State the reason for Chanticleer's stories to Pertelote. A) He is proposing in a round about way. B) They are Chanticleers's way of trying to convince Pertelote that dreams are real. C) Chanticleer is bragging about his intelligence, trying to impress her. D) Chanticleer wants to scare her so he can feel like a hero. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They are Chanticleers's way of trying to convince Pertelote that dreams are real. 7. V., settle or decide by listening to both sides of an argument A) Arbitrate. B) Benign. C) Obstinate. D) Duress. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arbitrate. 8. A prologue A) A. is an introductory part of a speech, poem or novel. B) B. calls attention to the theme. C) Both A and B. D) Neither A nor B. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both A and B. 9. Which quotation best characterizes the Oxford Cleric? A) "He had not found the stone for making gold.". B) "And gladly would he learn, and gladly teach.". C) "He never spoke a word more than was need.". D) " still a student though / One who had taken logic long ago, ". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) " still a student though / One who had taken logic long ago, ". 10. The men were so full of ..... in "The Wife of Bath's" tale that they were ultimately responsbile for their own deaths. A) Avarice. B) Parley. C) Greed. D) Casitigation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Greed. 11. Who wears bright colors, and has accomplished a lot by 20 years old? A) The Squire. B) The Nun. C) The Knight. D) The Yoeman. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Squire. 12. What does the word 'shriven' mean in the context of the text? A) Confession. B) Prayer. C) Fasting. D) Penance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Confession. 13. Which of the following best describes the Plowman? A) Illiterate, in charge of purchasing food for the law school. B) Dresses in green, may be a little too concerned about appearance. C) Honest and hard-working, in harmony with God and nature, proud to do physical labor, brother of the Parson. D) Bright eyes, a little overweight, attends to the pilgrims' needs at the inn. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Honest and hard-working, in harmony with God and nature, proud to do physical labor, brother of the Parson. 14. Type of irony in which an unexpected event happens A) Verbal. B) Situational. C) Dramatic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Situational. 15. When did The Black Death begin? A) 1348. B) 1066. C) 1215. D) 1485. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1348. 16. In what month does the "Prologue" to The Canterbury Tales begin? A) January. B) March. C) April. D) May. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) April. 17. What is the author's purpose for writing a passage like the following? An article in a magazine comparing and contrasting waste management in New York City and Mexico City A) To inform. B) To entertain. C) To persuade. D) To describe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To inform. 18. What is the name of the city where the 'worthy woman' is from? A) Bath. B) London. C) Canterbury. D) York. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bath. 19. Which character from The Canterbury Tales would rather spend time with pretty girls in bars than helping the poor? A) The Knight. B) The Parson. C) The Pardoner. D) The Friar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Friar. 20. What is the language used in 'The Canterbury Tales'? A) Middle English. B) Latin. C) Old English. D) Modern English. 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