This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Epic > Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales Quiz 7 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Based on the context of "The Wife of Bath's Tale, " what is the meaning of the word extort in these lines? I will concede you this:you are to go. A twelvemonth and a day to seek and learn. Sufficient answer, then you shall return. I shall take gages from you to extort.Surrender of your body to the court. A) To enjoy. B) To offer up freely. C) To obtain by threat. D) To prevent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To obtain by threat. 2. How do the canterbury tales get written? A) By the exchange of the tales by the people on the voyage. B) The stories are found in an abonandoned house. C) A priest tells these confessions. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By the exchange of the tales by the people on the voyage. 3. What aspect of Medieval Society is Chaucer MOST satirizing? A) The Peasant Class. B) The Clergy. C) The Nobility. D) Lack of a Middle Class. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Clergy. 4. Which character from The Canterbury Tales is a perfect model of chivalry? A) The Knight. B) The Parson. C) The Pardoner. D) The Friar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Knight. 5. "A voice he had that bleated like a goat. No beard had he, nor ever should he have, For smooth his face as he'd just had a shave." A) Forgive. B) Franklin. C) Miller. D) Parson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Forgive. 6. Why are The Canterbury Tales considered an important historical literary work? A) The descriptions of the characters provides a picture of what the people were actually like at the time. B) The work won all the literary awards of the time period. C) The tales document the history of major Scottish events. D) It is the only literary work translated from Latin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The descriptions of the characters provides a picture of what the people were actually like at the time. 7. This industry thrived during the Medieval Period, ultimately creating a new class. A) Clergy. B) Farming Industry. C) Wool Industry. D) The Jury System. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wool Industry. 8. What contest did The Host create for the pilgrims? A) Who can eat the most. B) Who can tell the best story. C) Who can sing the best. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Who can tell the best story. 9. What was the name of the inn that Geoffrey says he plans to stay at in the beginning of the prologue? A) Tabard Inn. B) Chaucer Inn. C) Hilton Inn. D) Knight Inn. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tabard Inn. 10. Not as busy as he seems to be A) The Miller. B) The Man of Law (Serjeant of the Law). C) The Squire. D) The Friar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Man of Law (Serjeant of the Law). 11. The tales gives a realistic portrait of English society, though using the conventions of exaggeration, caricature and grotesque A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 12. What makes The Canterbury Tales a good reflection of the time period? A) All of the tales are biographical accounts of true events. B) All events reflect scientific achievements of the time. C) It tells of people in different social levels and occupations. D) It was written about events that occurred hundreds of years before. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It tells of people in different social levels and occupations. 13. Miscellaneous; various A) Sundry. B) Prompt. C) Prudent. D) Devout. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sundry. 14. Jenna bought a prom dress that was simple, not ..... ; elegant, not gaudy. A) Scrupulous. B) Superfluous. C) Abstruse. D) Sanguine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Superfluous. 15. Who does this describe? "I am an excellent trader. I am personally in debt, but no one needs to know." A) Yeoman. B) Tradesmen. C) Merchant. D) Franklin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Merchant. 16. What is the Knight's original sentence by King Arthur? A) Banishment. B) Torture. C) Sexual assault. D) Imprisonment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sexual assault. 17. What is the term for the techniques an author uses to create a character? A) Concubine. B) Satire. C) Characterization. D) Plot diagram. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Characterization. 18. Who does this describe? "I am poor and study philosophy. I spend all my money on books." A) Squire. B) Franklin. C) Clerk/ Student. D) Reeve. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clerk/ Student. 19. Conscientious and hard working A) Sincerity. B) Eminent. C) Discreet. D) Diligent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diligent. 20. Pleasing in behavior and appearance A) Personable. B) Accrue. C) Malady. D) Entreaty. 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