This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Epic > Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales – Quiz 48 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales Quiz 48 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who is an excellent singer and knew every innkeeper and barmaid in every town A) Merchant. B) Physician. C) Shipman. D) Friar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Friar. 2. What season is described in the opening passage of The Canterbury Tales? A) Summer. B) Winter. C) Spring. D) Fall. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spring. 3. The theme of the prologue is A) Practice what you preach. B) Death is inevitable. C) Money can buy happiness. D) ''Radix malorum est cupiditas '' The love of money is the root of all evil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) ''Radix malorum est cupiditas '' The love of money is the root of all evil. 4. Even though I'm in training to be a knight, I still enjoy playing my flute, singing, & dancing ..... Who am I? A) King. B) Narrator. C) Knight. D) Squire. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Squire. 5. Brother to the Plowman A) The Monk. B) The Reeve. C) The Parson. D) The Reeve. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Parson. 6. "He spoke with notions out right pompously, Stressing the times when he had won, not lost." A) Friar. B) Summoner. C) Parson. D) Merchant. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Merchant. 7. I know all the taverns (bars) from every town. I keep trinkets in my pockets for all the pretty girls. A) Friar. B) Monk. C) Squire. D) Knight. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Friar. 8. Define the genre 'fabliaux.' A) Short, bawdy, humorous stories. B) Tales of chivalry. C) Sermons. D) Narratives in which characters represent abstractions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Short, bawdy, humorous stories. 9. The pilgrim who apparently knew and used love potions as A) Summoner. B) Friar. C) Wife of Bath. D) Squire. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wife of Bath. 10. What is the name of the carpenter in the Miller's Tale? A) John. B) Nicholas. C) Absalom. D) Fred. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) John. 11. Which travelers does the narrator want to describe? A) The men. B) All 29 of his companions. C) The slave, the princess, and the charioteer. D) Just the ones who tell the best stories. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) All 29 of his companions. 12. What does the knight do to his opponents in battle? A) He kills them. B) He breaks their bones. C) He steals from them. D) He enslaves them. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He kills them. 13. Pardoner's Sold ..... during the time the Canterbury Tales was written. A) Joy. B) Love. C) Peace. D) Forgiveness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Forgiveness. 14. He had a red face full of sores. He ate onions and drank too much. He would take bribes, had a garland of flowers on his head, and held a cake like a shield. A) The Summoner. B) The Cook. C) The Haberdasher. D) The Miller. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Summoner. 15. Written in 17 lines in Old English A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 16. How did the author, Chaucer, feel about the church? A) He thought they were corrupt and shady. B) He idolized the Church. C) He was a devout religious man and honored them. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He thought they were corrupt and shady. 17. This person is in training to be a knight. A) Squire. B) Yeoman. C) Martyr. D) Relic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Squire. 18. Which character wore a beaver hat and boots? A) Monk. B) Friar. C) Oxford Cleric. D) Merchant. E) Franklin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Merchant. 19. Who wrote the original version of The Canterbury Tales? A) Geraldine McCaughrean. B) Stephen King. C) Ernest Hemingway. D) Geoffrey Chaucer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Geoffrey Chaucer. 20. Was the plowman a good person? A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. ← 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