This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Epic > Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales Quiz 6 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The knight found out that women want the same self ..... over their husband and their lover. A) Sovereignty. B) Greed. C) Courtliness. D) Chilvary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Courtliness. 2. Who was a "lover and cadet"; knight's son; could joust, recite as well as entertain the ladies? A) Parson. B) Miller. C) Squire. D) Yeoman. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Squire. 3. What was the pardoner's hair like? A) Average and brown. B) He was bald. C) Thick and black. D) Thin and yellow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thin and yellow. 4. What does the knight tell the queen that women want? A) Power over their husbands. B) Freedom to do as they please. C) The opportunity to meet their Heavenly King. D) Wealth and treasure, flattery and pleasure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Power over their husbands. 5. Because Chaucer had so much ....., he was able to write about many types of people. A) Prison time. B) Vacation time. C) Job experience. D) Dating experience. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Job experience. 6. Oxford Cleric wore nice clothes because he was very rich in wealth. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 7. What is Chaucer's birth year? A) 1342. B) 1343. C) 1400. D) Unknown. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unknown. 8. This pilgrim "Proposed the plan of storytelling on the way to and from Canterbury" . A) Reeve. B) Knight. C) Monk. D) Host. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Host. 9. Who wears a coat and hood of green? A) Yeoman. B) Squire. C) Skipper. D) Nun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yeoman. 10. I'm SO smooth, I can get even the poorest old ladies to give me money ..... Who am I? A) Wife of Bath. B) Friar. C) Nun. D) Squire. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Friar. 11. What does the Host want to do? A) Asks them to bring him back spices, jewels and cloth. B) Come with the pilgrims. C) Give the pilgrims money for the journey. D) Wants to send his son to listen to their tales. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Come with the pilgrims. 12. Canterbury Tales is written as a frame story, or a story within a story, The "frame" or purpose created for the story is ..... ? A) It is Christmastime at Canterbury. B) The judge made them all go repent. C) Each pilgrim for his own reasons is making a religious journey to the Canterbury Cathedral. D) The free food at the Tabard Inn. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Each pilgrim for his own reasons is making a religious journey to the Canterbury Cathedral. 13. Chaucer's idea for the Canterbury Tales was that each of the pilgrims would tell four tales on the journey. The winner, tellling the best tale, would earn A) A horse. B) A castle. C) A golden chalice. D) A feast. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A feast. 14. One reason medieval women chose to become nuns was that life for women was dangerous. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. What is a clerk? A) A university scholar. B) A banker. C) A priest. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A university scholar. 16. What is the occupation of the character described as 'discreet'? A) Merchant. B) Miller. C) Reeve. D) Summoner. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reeve. 17. How many stories in TOTAL was EACH person supposed to tell (there and back)? A) 2. B) 4. C) 6. D) 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 4. 18. An imitation A) Counterfiet. B) Palfrey. C) To course. D) Counterfeit. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Counterfeit. 19. What is the definition for discreet? A) Conscientious and hard-working. B) Rising above others in rank or achievement. C) Careful about what one says or does; prudent. D) Truthfulness; good faith. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Careful about what one says or does; prudent. 20. Characterized by steady, earnest, and energetic effort:PAINSTAKING A) Eminent. B) Sincerity. C) Discreet. D) Diligent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diligent. ← 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 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