This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Epic > Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales – Quiz 38 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales Quiz 38 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. He judges the tale telling contest. A) Miller. B) Franklin. C) Harry Bailey. D) Reeve. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Harry Bailey. 2. When Chaucer says the Parson is a good priest, what method of characterization does he use? A) What the character says. B) How the character acts. C) What the character thinks. D) How others react to the character. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) How the character acts. 3. Wears silk belt of pin stripe fabric A) The Monk. B) The Reeve. C) The Man of Law (Serjeant of the Law). D) The Yeoman. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Man of Law (Serjeant of the Law). 4. Which character in 'The Canterbury Tales' is more interested in hunting and luxurious living than in the monastic life? A) The Miller. B) The Man of Law. C) The Pardoner. D) The Monk. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Monk. 5. What three segments of Medieval England does Chaucer examine in the General Prologue? A) The feudal order, the church, the legal profession. B) The church, the legal profession, the nuns. C) The feudal order, the merchants, the church. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The feudal order, the merchants, the church. 6. This group included working jobs such as clerk, constable, watchman, woodworker, blacksmith or barber. A) Tradesmen. B) Nobles. C) Peasants. D) Clergy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tradesmen. 7. If you are lucky, a rich distant relative may ..... a lot of money, jewels, and property in their will. A) Crone. B) Sovereignty. C) Le samurai family. D) Bequeath. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bequeath. 8. The Wife of Bath and The Pardoner are alike in that they both ..... A) Tell stories related to lessons they have learned in life. B) Tell stories related to their character traits. C) Tell stories based on events in their lives. D) Tell stories based on the past. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tell stories related to their character traits. 9. I have never lost a battle, and I follow the code of chivalry ..... Who am I? A) Knight. B) Franklin. C) Forgive. D) Wife of Bath. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Knight. 10. Which of the following purposes does the description of the Merchant best serve? A) To poke fun at European fashion trends. B) To emphasize how increased international trade created middle class occupations. C) To emphasize the financial problems that were common after the Black Death. D) To emphasize the the lack of law enforcement during the Middle Ages. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To emphasize how increased international trade created middle class occupations. 11. What is the whole story of The Canterbury Tales about? A) A group of travelers telling stories for a competition. B) Two knights competing for the love of a girl. C) An affair that involves farting at people's faces. D) The Renaissance and its effect on art. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A group of travelers telling stories for a competition. 12. Which character among the travelers is responsible for doing most of the dirty jobs? A) Cook. B) Yeoman. C) Merchant. D) Plowman. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plowman. 13. Was the summoner clean or sloppy? A) Clean. B) Sloppy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sloppy. 14. Sauntered A) Strolled. B) Skip. C) Walk. D) Run. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Strolled. 15. A frame story A) Includes any number of narratives. B) Is demonstrated in "The Princess Bride". C) Is shown in the Canterbury Tales when pilgrims tell stories within the main story. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 16. Which of the following is NOT true about the characters in the prologue? A) Some are honorable, while others are corrupt or deceptive. B) They are all members of the clergy. C) They represent all different social classes, from high to low. D) They are all on the same pilgrimage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They are all members of the clergy. 17. How many short stories made up the Canterbury Tales? A) 24. B) 2. C) 42. D) 34. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 24. 18. What season is described in the opening lines of The Canterbury Tales General Prologue? A) Summer. B) Winter. C) Spring. D) Fall. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spring. 19. Harry Bailey, the inn keeper, suggests the characters in the Canterbury Tales have a contest ..... who can tell the best story ..... two on the way to Canterbury Cathedral, and two on the way back. What is the prize for the best story? A) A three night stay at the inn. B) Dinner. C) 100 shillings. D) A gold coin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dinner. 20. I diagnose people based on their zodiac sign & they MUST pay me in gold ..... Who Am I? A) Summoner. B) Franklin. C) Friar. D) Doctor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Doctor. ← 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