This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Epic > Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales – Quiz 28 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales Quiz 28 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. He dressed like Robin Hood. A) Plowman. B) Yeoman. C) Parson. D) Miller. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yeoman. 2. A summoner works for ..... A) The church. B) Justice. C) Noblemen. D) Himself. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Justice. 3. This character charges people to view fake relics. A) The summoner. B) The pardoner. C) The parson. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The pardoner. 4. Which religious war did The Knight fight in? A) The Crusades. B) The Seven Years War. C) The Revolutionary War. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Crusades. 5. Pirate, very mean, has 2 knives-good sailor, but ruthless-no prisoners, kills them all A) Skipper. B) Summoner. C) Student. D) Knight. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skipper. 6. What would you use to describe the plowman in the Pardoner's Tale? A) Selfless. B) Mean. C) Selfish. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Selfless. 7. Adj., unreasonably stubborn A) Obstinate. B) Duress. C) Agility. D) Eminent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Obstinate. 8. What appears to be the main goal of Chaucer's Retraction? A) To choose the winner of the contest. B) To critique the Church. C) To critique the feudal system. D) To be excused for all the bad things he said. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To be excused for all the bad things he said. 9. When the audience knows the true plans of all the rioters, but the characters don't, this is ..... A) Personification. B) Dramatic Irony. C) Metaphor. D) Verbal Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dramatic Irony. 10. Define the word unperturbed A) Unhappy. B) Unbothered. C) Miserable. D) Bothered. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unbothered. 11. In the prologue to his tale, the Pardoner's view of his work is A) Unhappy. B) Sorrowful. C) Boastful. D) Humble. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Boastful. 12. What type of story is The Canterbury Tales considered to be? A) A sonnet. B) An epic story. C) A frame story. D) A non-fiction story. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A frame story. 13. After he saw a fascinating tv show about race cars, he had an ..... desire to know more. A) Avid. B) Maelstrom. C) Sacrilege. D) Coy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Avid. 14. Prattle A) Noun. B) Verb. C) Adjective. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noun. 15. What year was the Canterbury tales written? A) 1387. B) 1378. C) 1738. D) 1837. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1387. 16. What did the Queen ask the Knight to tell her? A) What is the thing that women most despise?. B) What is the thing that women most desire?. C) What is the thing that women most give?. D) What is the thing that women most tolerate?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What is the thing that women most desire?. 17. Spoke daintily in French; ate carefully; cried when a mouse was caught in a trap; fed dogs well; wore a coral trinket A) Nun (Prioress). B) Squire. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nun (Prioress). 18. In "The Wife of Bath's Tale, " while the knight is returning to the castle, he sees young maidens dancing in the woods. When he rides up, he finds only the old woman. What can you infer about the woman from these events? A) She is blind and did not see him coming or she would have escaped. B) She is an elf or fairy, and she has transformed herself into an old woman. C) She was too old and unable to slip away with the younger ladies. D) She was sent by the queen to meet him in order to help him find the answer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She is an elf or fairy, and she has transformed herself into an old woman. 19. Talent was making cloth A) Guildsmen. B) Nun. C) Wife of Bath. D) Forgive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wife of Bath. 20. The Pardoner's prologue let's readers know his single purpose for speaking sermons and telling stories. What is his purpose? What is his purpose supposed to be as a Pardoner, a representative of the Catholic Church? A) His real purpose is to make money. His purpose is supposed to be saving souls. B) His purpose is to convert people and save their souls. He does this for the Catholic Church. C) His real purpose is to save souls. His purpose is supposed to be collecting money for the Catholic Church. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His real purpose is to make money. His purpose is supposed to be saving souls. ← 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