This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Epic > Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales – Quiz 67 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales Quiz 67 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Blasphemy A) Mockery of teachers. B) Mockery of work. C) Mockery of God. D) Mockery of tv. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mockery of God. 2. He went to seminary after college so that he could join the church and become one of the ..... A) Clergy. B) Keen. C) Misogynistic. D) Pilgrimage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clergy. 3. The narrator including the 29 pilgrims were planning to travel to what shrine? A) Monastery of Our Lady of Mount Grace. B) Our Lady of Willesden. C) National Shrine of St. Jude. D) Shrine of St. Thomas Becket. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shrine of St. Thomas Becket. 4. Personable A) Conscientious andhard-working. B) Careful about what one saysor does; prudent. C) Having a pleasantmanner. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Having a pleasantmanner. 5. N., the ability to move quickly and easily A) Agility. B) Accrue. C) Arbitrate. D) Guile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Agility. 6. In what month do the pilgrims begin their journey? A) April. B) March. C) May. D) June. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) April. 7. What is the definition of contemptuous? A) The act of not giving a direct answer to a question in order to hide the truth. B) Showing contempt; scornful. C) The medieval knightly system with its religious, moral, and social code. D) A journey to a shrine or a sacred place. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Showing contempt; scornful. 8. The story that the Wife of Bath tells A) Is about her own life and experiences. B) Is about people that lived a long time ago. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is about people that lived a long time ago. 9. Government or rule A) Hierarchy. B) Greedily. C) Patriarchy. D) Shortage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Patriarchy. 10. Why are the characters in The Canterbury Tales going on a pilgrimage to Canterbury? A) They are travelling to the Canterbury Cathedral. B) They are all moving to a different village. C) They are being forced out of their village. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They are travelling to the Canterbury Cathedral. 11. What is the definition of coy? A) A run-on line, a poetic structure in which both the grammatical structure and sense continue past the end of the line. B) Incongruously varied in appearance or character; disparate. C) Sparing or economical with regard to money or food. D) Making a pretense of shyness or modesty that is intended to be alluring. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Making a pretense of shyness or modesty that is intended to be alluring. 12. Which character liked to have parties and invited all his neighbors? A) Lawyer. B) Cleric. C) Franklin. D) Merchant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Franklin. 13. Chaucer was the first famous English writer to be buried in A) A tomb. B) Alive. C) Poets Corner in Westminster Abbey. D) The United States. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Poets Corner in Westminster Abbey. 14. What does Sir Salvio discover that women most desire (55)? A) Women most desire pizza. B) Women desire fun, parties, and to be young forever. C) Women desire to have children and feed their children. D) Women most desire to have their way in everything. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Women most desire to have their way in everything. 15. Which character was in the cavalry? A) Knight. B) Squire. C) Yeoman. D) Merchant. E) Nun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Squire. 16. What kind of people seem to be the most prominent target of Chaucer's satire? A) People who pursue lavish lifestyles. B) People who obtain money is dishonest ways. C) People who are obnoxious. D) People who disturb the peace by being loud or violent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) People who obtain money is dishonest ways. 17. Define the genre 'allegories.' A) Short, bawdy, humorous stories. B) Sermons. C) Tales of chivalry. D) Narratives in which characters represent abstractions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Narratives in which characters represent abstractions. 18. "He wore a fustian tunic stained and dark" . A) Squire. B) Young squire. C) Knight. D) Prioress (nun). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Knight. 19. Which saying from the Bible is the theme of "The Pardoner's Tale" ? A) Love thy neighbor as thyself. B) The love of money is the root of all evil. C) Set your hearts on things above. D) Honor your mother and father. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The love of money is the root of all evil. 20. Who is Theseus? A) In the Knight's Tale he's the duke of Athens. B) In the Pardoner's Tale he's death. C) In the Wife of Bath's Tale he's her fourth husband. D) In the Nun's Priest Tale he's the fox. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In the Knight's Tale he's the duke of Athens. ← 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