This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Epic > Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales Quiz 5 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Accusation in revenge for another accusation A) Transmutation. B) Iniquity. C) Sycophant. D) Prattle. E) Recrimination. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Recrimination. 2. Which character in 'The Canterbury Tales' is known for his storytelling skills? A) The Monk. B) The Miller. C) The Wife of Bath. D) The Nun's Priest. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Nun's Priest. 3. The tales general prologue will being with this character as outline at the end of the introduction A) Friar. B) Knight. C) Squire. D) Host. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Knight. 4. What language is used? A) Middle English. B) Old English. C) Latin. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Middle English. 5. He slept as little as a nightingale. A) Knight. B) Forgive. C) Parson. D) Squire. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Squire. 6. How many people joined the narrator in his travels to Canterbury? A) 27. B) 29. C) 13. D) 7. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 29. 7. Which of the following best describes the Friar? A) Bald and fat, has a preference for hunting and fine clothes, doesn't care for hard work. B) Receives payment for others' confessions, marries off young women, takes money from widows. C) An expert woodsman, face "brown like a nut, " carries peacock-feathered arrows. D) Loud, probably less busy than he pretends to be, wise. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Receives payment for others' confessions, marries off young women, takes money from widows. 8. Which character is described as a "beggar" despite liking fine food, clothes, and women? A) Monk. B) Forgive. C) Friar. D) Doctor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Friar. 9. Choose the SYNONYM for maelstrom A) Chaos. B) Lucky. C) Obvious. D) Committed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chaos. 10. Why were the pilgrims going to Canterbury? A) To spend some time with their friends. B) To pray for St. Thomas to relieve their suffering. C) To tell tales. D) To win a free dinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To pray for St. Thomas to relieve their suffering. 11. How many stories are in The Canterbury Tales? A) 120. B) 40. C) 22 and 2 half finished ones. D) 20. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 22 and 2 half finished ones. 12. Define the genre 'the stories of the saints' lives.' A) Short, bawdy, humorous stories. B) Tales of chivalry. C) Sermons. D) Narratives in which characters represent abstractions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sermons. 13. Pardoner is A) A member of a Catholic religious order who hels with its worldly business and takes a vow of poverty. B) A preacher who raises money for the church by selling indulgences. C) A church official who brings people to the church's court to be tried. D) The manager of a manor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A preacher who raises money for the church by selling indulgences. 14. "A sergeant of the law, wary and wise." A) Merchant. B) Host. C) Friar. D) Lawyer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lawyer. 15. The sore on the Cook's knee is problematic because it may be a symptom of A) Food poisoning. B) Skin cancer. C) Bubonic plague. D) Influenza. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bubonic plague. 16. What does the Host (Harry Bailey) tell the pilgrims to do on their journey? A) Pray for him and his family. B) Treat each other to dinner along the way. C) Tell 2 stories each on the way there and back for a fun competition. D) Keep on the lookout for robbers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tell 2 stories each on the way there and back for a fun competition. 17. "Federigo's Falcon" is a(n) ..... A) Extended metaphor. B) Allegory. C) Frame story. D) Epic poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Frame story. 18. In the Battle of Hastings a military leader by the name ..... "the ..... " defeated the King of England. A) Henry "the conqueror". B) William "the great". C) William "the conqueror". D) King Henry VII "the conqueror". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Henry "the conqueror". 19. He knew barmaids and innkeepers better than lepers and beggars. A) Monk. B) Friar. C) Franklin. D) Summoner. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Friar. 20. Did the plowman pay his tithes (offerings)? A) Yes, in both money and work. B) No, he spent it in taverns and brothels. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes, in both money and work. ← 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 6Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales Quiz 7Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales Quiz 8Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales Quiz 9Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books