This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Epic > Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales – Quiz 73 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales Quiz 73 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The quality or state of being sincere:honesty of mind:freedom from hypocrisy A) Eminent. B) Sincerity. C) Discreet. D) Personable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sincerity. 2. The code of behavior of medieval knights A) Courtliness. B) Parley. C) Chivalry. D) Sovereignty. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chivalry. 3. From Chaucer's description of THE WOMAN FROM BATH, we can tell that she is: A) Very religious and quiet. B) Has experienced a lot of tragedy in her life. C) Is prideful, selfish, and arrogant. D) Is a great matchmaker for young couples. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is prideful, selfish, and arrogant. 4. True or False:Allegories are often intended to teach a moral lesson or make a comment about goodness or depravity. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 5. Which character in 'The Canterbury Tales' is a skilled carpenter? A) The Reeve. B) The Miller. C) The Knight. D) The Friar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Reeve. 6. Dressed in green from head to toe; carried medallion that was supposed to protect him, but he didn't believe it did, so he traveled armed; hypocritical A) Yeoman. B) Friar. C) Merchant. D) Miller. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yeoman. 7. What color did The Wife of Bath wear all the time? A) White. B) Red. C) Blue. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Red. 8. The first character described in the prologue is ..... A) The Knight. B) The Summoner. C) The Wife of Bath. D) The Yeoman. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Knight. 9. What is the definition of a heroic 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 is completed within the two lines. D) Sparing or economical with regard to money or food. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A pair of rhyming lines written in the same meter. 10. Which of the following purposes does the description of the Host best serve? A) To symbolize the common man in England. B) To foreshadow the trouble that the pilgrims will encounter. C) To emphasize the differences between people who were employed by the church and people who established their own businesses. D) To establish the premise of the storytelling competition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To establish the premise of the storytelling competition. 11. A general notion or idea about something A) Idea. B) Culture. C) Section. D) Concept. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Concept. 12. These people wore armor which had padding to ease the pain of wearing such heavy metal. A) Peasants. B) Knights. C) Tradesmen. D) Monks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Knights. 13. What was the prize of telling the best story? A) Will get free drinks. B) Will get a free meal. C) Will get a free room in the tavern. D) Will get a horse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Will get a free meal. 14. Being driven in a Rolls Royce to school by a chauffeur was an ..... way to show up. A) Ostentatious. B) Accost. C) Avid. D) Maelstrom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ostentatious. 15. Superfluity A) Liquid. B) Not enough. C) Excess. D) Spider. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Excess. 16. During the early part of the Medieval Period, what language is used in the English court and government business? (The Canterbury Tales) A) Old English. B) Norman French. C) Middle English. D) Modern English. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Norman French. 17. Chaucer DID NOT experience THIS in his own life. A) Went on a pilgrimage to Canterbury. B) Was born into a Middle-Class Commons family. C) Was a soldier in France. D) Lived as a peasant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Went on a pilgrimage to Canterbury. 18. A pilgrimage is..... A) A religious journey people take to sundry lands. B) A journey pilgrims take to colonize sundry lands. C) A large meal that is promised as a prize for the best story. D) A voyage across seas to pray and give thanks for plentiful crops. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A religious journey people take to sundry lands. 19. Which character was in debt (no one knew)? A) Oxford Cleric. B) Merchant. C) Franklin. D) Monk. E) Cook. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Merchant. 20. An allegory is a story in which: A) Characters, setting and actions stand for something beyond their literal meaning. B) A story in which characters, settings, and symbols have magical powers. C) A story in which characters, settings, and symbols have new definitions. D) A story in which characters, settings, and symbols know one another. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Characters, setting and actions stand for something beyond their literal meaning. ← 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