Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales Quiz 33 (20 MCQs)

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1. Active (sometimes refers to elderly)

Correct Answer: B) Spry.

2. Which character in the Canterbury Tales is described as an expert, witty, a liar, stately, forgettable, opinionated, and in debt?

Correct Answer: D) Doctor.

3. Who tells the tale?

Correct Answer: A) Priest.

4. In order to decide who would tell their story first, the characters .....

Correct Answer: D) Drew straws.

5. The Canterbury Tales is still famous 600 years later because

Correct Answer: D) All of the above.

6. After the Norman invasion, ..... was spoken in the royal court, and ..... was spoken in the fields.

Correct Answer: A) French, German.

7. Chaucer planned to write ..... tales and actually wrote .....

Correct Answer: B) Planned 120; wrote 22 and 2 fragments.

8. What is the best characterization of the summoner?

Correct Answer: C) A cherubin-faced young raskal who loved garlic and leeks.

9. The Canterbury Tales highlights the social structure and stereotypes of people during the Anglo-Saxon period.

Correct Answer: B) False.

10. Truthfulness

Correct Answer: D) Sincerity.

11. She was a cloth maker.

Correct Answer: A) Wife of Bath.

12. What is the term for the type of comedy that makes fun of some aspect of human nature or society?

Correct Answer: B) Satire.

13. What does the Miller do to his customers?

Correct Answer: B) He steals from them.

14. Which character wore well-worn clothing?

Correct Answer: A) Knight.

15. He owned 20 books.

Correct Answer: B) Student/Oxford Cleric.

16. Choose the ANTONYM for pilgrimage

Correct Answer: A) Stationary.

17. What proposal did the host at the inn give?

Correct Answer: A) Each pilgrim would tell 2 stories going and 2 stories coming back.

18. What is the definition of a frame story?

Correct Answer: A) A narrative that frames or surrounds another story or set of stories.

19. Has a good sense of taste and food

Correct Answer: B) The Cook.

20. Who is the first character Chaucer introduces?

Correct Answer: C) The Knight.