This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Epic > Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales – Quiz 52 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales Quiz 52 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Knew the innkeepers and barmaids in every town A) Summoner. B) Franklin. C) Monk. D) Friar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Friar. 2. How many tales did Chaucer actually complete? A) 24. B) 30. C) 12. D) 16. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 24. 3. What is an example of direct characterization? A) His face scared children as he walked by. B) The boy had a mouth like a furnace door. C) The boy was an honest worker who always did what he was told. D) The boy liked to sleep all day and never woke up on time. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The boy was an honest worker who always did what he was told. 4. The narrative poem begins in London with a group of pilgrims who wish to travel to- A) Canterbury. B) Mecca. C) Chicago. D) Tokyo. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Canterbury. 5. In ..... the Black Death kills off 1/3 of the population A) 1348. B) 1438. C) 1215. D) 1563. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1348. 6. Who does this describe? "I am a seamstress by occupation and an 'expert' at marriage. I am also partially deaf." A) Nun. B) Wife of Bath. C) Prioress. D) Merchant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wife of Bath. 7. Which character trades items and relics that do not necessarily belong to him? A) Forgive. B) Yeoman. C) Parson. D) Friar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Forgive. 8. Which character in 'The Canterbury Tales' is known for stealing grain? A) The Miller. B) The Knight. C) The Squire. D) The Monk. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Miller. 9. Wise with money A) Personable. B) Frugal. C) Felicity. D) Diligent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Frugal. 10. The characters are together because of ..... A) A funeral. B) A battle. C) A pilgrimage. D) A banquet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A pilgrimage. 11. The canterbury tales are a collection of short stories A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 12. Married 5 times; went on many pilgrimages; wears red stockings; has gapped teeth A) Nun's Priest. B) Madonna. C) Prioress. D) Wife of Bath. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wife of Bath. 13. Which statement most accurately reflects the old woman's words and actions before she transforms herself? A) She seeks to reform the knight's judgments and values. B) She enjoys torturing the knight a little before she rewards him. C) She wants to prove to the knight that women can argue logically. D) She persuades the knight that she is beautiful as an old woman. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She seeks to reform the knight's judgments and values. 14. Based on the context, what is the meaning of the word churl in this sentence from "The Wife of Bath's Tale" ? You are no gentlemen, though duke or earl. Vice and bad manners are what make you churl. A) A humorless person. B) Dangerous and wicked person. C) A rude and mean person. D) A wealthy person. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A rude and mean person. 15. Setting tells you where and when a story occurs. Setting can include time and place. Read the following passage from Alice in Wonderland:Once in the wood, she was anxious to get back to her right size again, and then to get into that lovely garden. But how? Peeping over a mushroom, she beheld a large blue caterpillar ..... Which detail provides a clue where this passage takes place? A) "Once in the wood ". B) "A large blue caterpillar ". C) " get back to her right size again ". D) " with its arms folded". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Once in the wood ". 16. Ability to move with ease and speed A) Dainty. B) Frugal. C) Agility. D) Prompt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Agility. 17. Which of these characters is described as honest? A) The Miller. B) The monk. C) The pardoner. D) The parson. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The parson. 18. Joined the pilgrimage after his service in the king's army A) Squire. B) Yeoman. C) Knight. D) Oxford Cleric. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Knight. 19. How many Canterbury Tales are there? A) 80. B) 24. C) 22. D) 16. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 24. 20. In the Wife of Bath, why does the knight refuse to marry the old lady? A) Because she's too ugly. B) Because she's sick. C) Because he's not in love with her. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because she's too ugly. ← 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