Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales Quiz 51 (20 MCQs)

Quiz Instructions

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1. Burly, overcharged for his grain-not a nice person

Correct Answer: A) Miller.

2. What was Pertelote's suggested remedy?

Correct Answer: C) She suggested he take a laxative.

3. I cry when I see a mouse caught in a trap. Who am I?

Correct Answer: A) The Nun.

4. The Canterbury Tales is a story within a story.

Correct Answer: A) True.

5. What does the Squire wear?

Correct Answer: B) Cloth embroidered with flowers.

6. Which character thought there should be sea police?

Correct Answer: D) Merchant.

7. The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer was written in the vernacular. What does that mean?

Correct Answer: D) It's the language of the common people.

8. What is the term for a religious journey?

Correct Answer: A) Pilgrimage.

9. Clemency

Correct Answer: A) Noun.

10. Each pilgrim was supposed to tell how many stories total?

Correct Answer: C) 4.

11. She was Madame Eglantyne.

Correct Answer: B) Prioress.

12. Which character is extremely good at his job, but also motivated by greed?

Correct Answer: B) Doctor.

13. What secret does The Merchant hide?

Correct Answer: C) He is secretly in debt.

14. What does avarice mean?

Correct Answer: D) Extreme greed for wealth or material gain.

15. Does the Knight choose for the old woman to by ugly but loyal, or young and beautiful but unfaithful?

Correct Answer: D) He lets her choose.

16. In exchange for giving the Knight the correct answer AND saving his life, what does the hag want?

Correct Answer: D) Marriage.

17. A word that describes a verb

Correct Answer: D) Adverb.

18. William felt the land was his by right of conquest and that he was free to deed the land to his ..... expecting obedience and service in return.

Correct Answer: A) Vassals.

19. What's the name of the inn where the journey starts?

Correct Answer: B) The Tabard inn.

20. Who did the narrator meet at the Tabbard Inn?

Correct Answer: C) He met 29 pilgrims.