This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Epic > Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales – Quiz 56 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales Quiz 56 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. This was is a series of religious wars ..... A) Hundred Year war. B) Battle of Hastings. C) The Crusades. D) War of the Roses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Crusades. 2. V., increase over time A) Accrue. B) Arbitrate. C) Agility. D) Frugal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Accrue. 3. Where is the start to the pilgrimage in the Canterbury Tales? A) Bailey Arms Hostel. B) Tabard Inn. C) Canterbury Tavern. D) Oxfordshire Inn. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tabard Inn. 4. What are the 3 divisions of medieval society that the pilgrims fall into? A) Slave, owner, free man. B) Knight, king, priest. C) Feudal, church, professional. D) Poet, king, peasant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Feudal, church, professional. 5. What was the third bad thing that the king did to Griselda? A) He said to her that he needed another woman and that she had to leave the castle. B) He killed his children. C) He sent her to another city to live alone. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He said to her that he needed another woman and that she had to leave the castle. 6. In which century was the book written? A) XVI. B) XX. C) XVIII. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) XVI. 7. Who does this describe? "I am a devout man of God and run my own little church. I live in poverty and I am NOT a hypocrite." A) Friar. B) Monk. C) Parson. D) Plowman. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parson. 8. Favorite character of Chaucer, he was a true religious man A) Monk. B) Parson. C) Forgive. D) Shopkeeper. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parson. 9. What does the narrator compare the knight to? A) A warrior. B) A dragon. C) A maid. D) A child. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A maid. 10. Who does this describe? "I am a member of the peasant class, but I walk in an entourage with the Knight and his son." A) Reeve. B) Franklin. C) Student. D) Yeoman. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Yeoman. 11. "How dare you question my ..... !" yelled the conman who was being questioned by the judge. A) Chivalry. B) Vintage. C) Squire. D) Verity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Verity. 12. If the old woman can save his life, the knight promises to ..... A) Marry her. B) Do whatever she asks. C) Spare her from his sword. D) Bequeath his whole establishment upon her. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Do whatever she asks. 13. What happened to Chanticleer? A) The fox hauled him away to eat him for dinner. B) He bit the fox on the nose and escaped. C) Pertelote saved him. He was grateful but embarrassed. D) The fox's grip on his neck caused him to loose his singing voice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The fox hauled him away to eat him for dinner. 14. The author of the Canterbury Tales A) William Shakespeare. B) Geoffrey Chaucer. C) John Steinbeck. D) F. Scott Fitzgerald. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Geoffrey Chaucer. 15. Hierarchy A) A system for organizing groups-such as people, ideas or objects-based on levels of their importance, power or social standing. B) The qualities or traits that make one person or group different from any other. C) A particular way of viewing things or events. D) A large community. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A system for organizing groups-such as people, ideas or objects-based on levels of their importance, power or social standing. 16. What is the occupation of the Franklin in 'The Canterbury Tales'? A) Landowner. B) Merchant. C) Lawyer. D) Soldier. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Landowner. 17. Which character spent all his money on books? A) Sergeant at Law. B) Oxford Cleric. C) Monk. D) Merchant. E) Franklin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oxford Cleric. 18. Discuss the importance of characterization in The Canterbury Tales. A) Characterization is not important in The Canterbury Tales because the characters are one-dimensional. B) Characterization is important in The Canterbury Tales because it adds unnecessary details to the story. C) Characterization is important in The Canterbury Tales because it brings the characters to life and helps readers understand their motivations and actions. D) Characterization is not important in The Canterbury Tales because the plot is more significant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Characterization is important in The Canterbury Tales because it brings the characters to life and helps readers understand their motivations and actions. 19. Who was educated "on points of medicine and of surgery" and "rather close as to expenses and kept the gold he won in pestilences" A) Parson. B) Sergeant at Law. C) Doctor. D) Cook. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Doctor. 20. He was in debt. A) Doctor. B) Lawyer. C) Merchant. D) Squire. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Merchant. ← 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