This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Epic > Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales – Quiz 39 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales Quiz 39 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. He had an ulcer on his knee. A) Friar. B) Franklin. C) Cook. D) Merchant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cook. 2. Which character had perfect dinner time manners? A) Friar. B) Monk. C) Nun. D) Squire. E) Oxford Cleric. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nun. 3. Which of the following did NOT make up part of the Middle Class during the Middle Ages? A) Doctor. B) Student. C) Merchant. D) Knight. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Knight. 4. A line of iambic pentameter contains how many iambic feet? A) Two. B) Three. C) Four. D) Five. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Five. 5. Who "never yet a boorish thing had said in all his life to any, come what might" ? A) Squire. B) Wife of Bath. C) Yeoman. D) Knight. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Knight. 6. It is fitting that the Pardoner relates this grim tale because he, of all the pilgrims, A) Has the greatest fear of dying violently on the pilgrimage. B) Has just witnessed such greed and how it affects people. C) Is just as greedy for money as the subject of his tale. D) Is a holy man who does not care for the things of this world. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is just as greedy for money as the subject of his tale. 7. The Old Man in "The Pardoner's Tale" is actually Death, but the rioters don't know this. This is an example of: A) Situational irony. B) Dramatic irony. C) Verbal irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dramatic irony. 8. The little boy ..... his mom and dad to buy a puppy for him. A) Castigated. B) Bequeathed. C) Croned. D) Implored. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Implored. 9. What directive does the Host give the characters at the end of the Prologue? A) He asks them for donations to help support his Inn. B) He asks them to judge the story he is about to tell. C) He tells them to let him go on the trip for free. D) He tells them to tell stories on the trip. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He tells them to tell stories on the trip. 10. Chaucer uses the Wife of Bath to ..... A) Represent why women can't be trusted. B) Represent a traditional view of "a woman's place in the world". C) Represent a progressive view of "a woman's place in the world". D) Represent the dangers of a woman's wit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Represent a progressive view of "a woman's place in the world". 11. Assuming that boys are better at math than girls is ..... A) Misogynistic. B) Maelstrom. C) Overt. D) Keen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Misogynistic. 12. Feels quality of grain with thumb before stealing it A) The Summoner. B) The Miller. C) The Squire. D) The Knight. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Miller. 13. A.K.A. Harry Bailey; proposes telling the stories to and from Canterbury A) Host. B) Geoffrey Chaucer. C) Miller. D) Cook. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Host. 14. Extremely holy; likened to Jesus Christ A) The Parson. B) The Friar. C) The Monk. D) The plowman. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Parson. 15. "knew London ale by its flavor"; had a seeping ulcer A) Reeve. B) Mancople. C) Cook. D) Forgive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cook. 16. He kept a table ready for guests and was generous. A) Parson. B) Forgive. C) Franklin. D) Friar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Franklin. 17. He carted dung as a part of his job. A) Miller. B) Reeve. C) Yeoman. D) Plowman. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plowman. 18. How does Chaucer use a religious pilgrimage in his story? A) He uses a pilgrimage to display all segments of Medieval England. B) He uses a pilgrimage to shame the host. C) He uses a pilgrimage to meet women. D) He uses a pilgrimage to show how the feudal order is effective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He uses a pilgrimage to display all segments of Medieval England. 19. Which of these quotes suggest that the Knight is a good fighter? A) And though that he were worthy, he was wys, / And of his port as meeke as is a mayde.'. B) 'And foughten for oure feith at Tramyssene / In lystes thries, and ay slayn his foo.'. C) 'Ful worthy was he in his lordes werre'. D) 'He was a verray, parfit, gentil knyght.'. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 'And foughten for oure feith at Tramyssene / In lystes thries, and ay slayn his foo.'. 20. What is the definition of absolution? A) Act of freeing someone of sin or criminal charge. B) Absolutely correct. C) Finding a solution. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Act of freeing someone of sin or criminal charge. ← 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