This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Epic > Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales – Quiz 63 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales Quiz 63 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following is "The Wife of Bath's Tale" known as? (The Canterbury Tales) A) A moral tale. B) A ballad. C) An epic. D) A romance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A romance. 2. According to the feudal triangle, who sits at the top? A) King. B) God. C) Knights. D) Peasants. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) God. 3. Which Canterbury Tales pilgrim is a leader of a group of female priests? A) The Wife of Bath. B) The Nun. C) The Merchant. D) The Squire. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Nun. 4. The three categories of pilgrims are the A) Feudal system, banks, schools. B) City, schools, banks. C) Schools, church, city. D) Feudal system, church, city. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Feudal system, church, city. 5. Choose the SYNONYM for clergy A) Preacher. B) Flirtatious. C) Sharp. D) Committed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Preacher. 6. DILIGENT means that you don't care about anything and don't work hard A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 7. What is the definition of a closed couplet? A) A narrative that frames or surrounds another story or set of stories. B) A pair of rhyming lines written in the same meter. C) A syntax that are completed within the two lines. D) Sly or cunning intelligence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A syntax that are completed within the two lines. 8. "Now isn't it a marvel of God's grace that and illiterate fellow can outpace the wisdom of a heap of learned men" describes which character? A) Cook. B) Reeve. C) Parson. D) Master. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Master. 9. Which of the following languages did Chaucer NOT speak? A) Italian. B) French. C) Latin. D) Spanish. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spanish. 10. When the old woman speaks about the importance of noble birth, she says that A) Only dukes and earls are gentlemen. B) True gentility comes only from God. C) Nobility is more important than looks. D) Nobility is a matter of wealth and worth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True gentility comes only from God. 11. Hard-working and careful A) Frugal. B) Diligent. C) Guile. D) Stature. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diligent. 12. Characterization is A) The central message in a story. B) The problem in a story. C) The process by which a writer reveals a character's personality and qualities. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The process by which a writer reveals a character's personality and qualities. 13. Will accept bribes instead of bringing people to church court A) The Miller. B) The Reeve. C) The Man of Law (Serjeant of the Law). D) The Summoner. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Summoner. 14. Chaucer finished The Canterbury Tales entirely. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 15. Who are the rioters looking for in the tale? A) The knight. B) The king. C) The old man. D) Death. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Death. 16. The upper classes spoke ..... A) English. B) Latin. C) French. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) French. 17. Who does this describe? "I am an expert at diagnosing diseases, but I rarely consult the Bible for spiritual matters." A) Lawyer. B) Physician. C) Tradesmen. D) Parson. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Physician. 18. Which character has sympathetic and tender feelings (at least towards animals)? A) Knight. B) Squire. C) Yeoman. D) Nun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nun. 19. What was the second bad thing the king did to prove Griselda's love? A) He sent his son to France. B) He took his son to Bologna. C) He killed his son. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He took his son to Bologna. 20. According to the reading, what is the noticeable difference between married and unmarried women? A) The way they wear their hair. B) The hand on which they wear rings. C) Their professions. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The way they wear their hair. ← 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