Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales Quiz 46 (20 MCQs)

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1. The Canterbury Tales gives us false and unrealistic ideas about the social classes during this time.

Correct Answer: B) False.

2. A word that describes a noun or pronoun

Correct Answer: C) Adjective.

3. Middle English is a hybrid of the following languages:

Correct Answer: B) French, German, and Latin.

4. What kind of allegory is "The Pardoner's Tale" ?

Correct Answer: B) An example.

5. Who are Recite and Palamon in love with?

Correct Answer: C) Emelye.

6. If you need to be discreet when you are talking to someone, you should

Correct Answer: D) Talk in an office with a closed door.

7. Was the wife of bath romantic in her youth?

Correct Answer: A) Yes.

8. Which character from The Canterbury Tales makes money by scamming people with fake relics?

Correct Answer: C) The Pardoner.

9. Valiantly

Correct Answer: B) Courageously.

10. What is the definition of morality tale?

Correct Answer: A) A story that illustrates a moral about right and wrong.

11. What is 'direct characterization?'

Correct Answer: A) Presents a direct statement about a character.

12. Had a "mouth like a furnace, " and was a big barrel-chested character; wart on his nose

Correct Answer: A) Miller.

13. "Yet, and for all he was a philosopher, He had but little gold within his coffer."

Correct Answer: A) Oxford Cleric.

14. Martyr

Correct Answer: A) A person who dies for their beliefs.

15. In the Prologue, what happens when it rains?

Correct Answer: C) Showers pierce the roots of flowering plants.

16. How many stories was Chaucer PLANNING to write for The Canterbury Tales?

Correct Answer: A) 120.

17. How many stories does each character have to tell?

Correct Answer: D) 4.

18. The knight, who had won many bouts of hand-to-hand combat, was obviously very .....

Correct Answer: C) Hardy.

19. The Canterbury Tales was originally written in which language?

Correct Answer: C) Middle English.

20. In the Prologue, Chaucer's main objective is .....

Correct Answer: A) Introduce the characters.