This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Epic > Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales – Quiz 43 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales Quiz 43 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What was feudalism in the Middle Ages? A) 10% of the population were in control over the peasants. B) The Bermuda Triangle. C) The Triangle of Power. D) A way to separate people based on their race. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 10% of the population were in control over the peasants. 2. Who wrote the Prologue of The Canterbury Tales? A) Unknown author. B) William Shakespeare. C) Geoffrey Chaucer. D) Giovanni Boccaccio. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Geoffrey Chaucer. 3. The Latin Root word cise means to A) To increase. B) Make bigger. C) Cut down. D) Laugh. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cut down. 4. What language is The Canterbury Tales written in? A) French. B) Middle English. C) Modern English. D) Italian. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Middle English. 5. Which of the following purposes does the description of the Franklin best serve? A) To emphasize the way lawmakers often ignored their responsibilities. B) To emphasize the way the nobility took more than what they deserved from the nation's food supply. C) To emphasize how the outcome of one's life depended a lot on the social status of one's parents. D) To emphasize how society includes people who prioritize a lavish lifestyle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To emphasize how society includes people who prioritize a lavish lifestyle. 6. In "The Prologue, " Chaucer's main objective is to A) Analyze religious customs. B) Reveal the narrator's thoughts. C) Introduce his cast of characters. D) Describe a London Inn. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Introduce his cast of characters. 7. How do the author's descriptions of the characters most clearly create comments on society? A) He places importance on the character's social class and appearance. B) He provides details that show how the characters act in real-life situations. C) He includes many different characters on different life paths. D) He quotes various characters remarks in different situations. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He provides details that show how the characters act in real-life situations. 8. Which Canterbury Tales pilgrim would rather go out hunting than pray at the church where he belonged? A) The Monk. B) The Parson. C) The Friar. D) The Nun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Monk. 9. Satire ridicules (pokes fun at) A) Human weakness. B) Vice (bad habit). C) Folly (mistake). D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 10. When the knight says that his wife is old, ugly, and low-born, we can conclude that the knight ..... A) Loves his wife deeply. B) Is a man with strong spiritual longings. C) Cares about appearances, not character. D) Thinks he can change her. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cares about appearances, not character. 11. What is the definition of enjambment? A) A run-on line, a poetic structure in which both the grammatical structure and sense continue past the end of the line. B) A pair of rhyming lines written in the same meter. C) A syntax that are completed within the two lines. D) Sly or cunning intelligence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A run-on line, a poetic structure in which both the grammatical structure and sense continue past the end of the line. 12. What were the canterbury tales? A) A collection of stories by french. B) A collection of stories by pilgrims. C) A collection of stories by spaniards. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A collection of stories by pilgrims. 13. The Canterbury Tales is a finished work. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 14. How will the best story be determined? A) The story with the fullest message and good morality. B) The most amazing story. C) The hottest and more satiric story. D) The most hilarious and critical. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The story with the fullest message and good morality. 15. Which were Chaucer professions? A) Writer and a scop. B) Diplomat and a knight. C) Teacher and a housekeeper. D) Lawyer and a Friar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diplomat and a knight. 16. Wore a medal of St. Christopher A) Squire. B) Yeoman. C) Nun. D) Monk. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yeoman. 17. The Miller was very clever at all the following EXCEPT A) Telling bawdy/dirty stories. B) Courting women. C) Stealing from his customers. D) Winning wrestling matches. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Courting women. 18. Order of words that is not common A) Questions. B) Typical order. C) Inverted order. D) Answers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inverted order. 19. Who interrupts the Parson just before he is to tell his tale? A) The Summoner. B) The Shipman. C) The Reeve. D) The Manciple. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Shipman. 20. How many pilgrims were there? A) 22. B) 29. C) 10. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 29. ← 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