Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales Quiz 80 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which of the following purposes does the description of the Oxford Cleric best serve?

Correct Answer: D) To emphasize how society includes people who seem to get by without working.

2. What month is it when the pilgrimage begins?

Correct Answer: B) April.

3. In the tale of the Wife of Bath, how would you describe her?

Correct Answer: A) Bold.

4. Has oozing ulcer

Correct Answer: B) The Cook.

5. How many husbands did the "Wife of Bath" have?

Correct Answer: A) 5.

6. " ..... Who in her smiling, modest was and coy; Her greatest oath was but 'By Saint Eloy!" '

Correct Answer: A) Nun/Prioress.

7. To send to a destination on specific business

Correct Answer: D) Dispatch.

8. Financial person for a college-very tricky, quick to point out other peoples faults but not his own

Correct Answer: A) Master.

9. Of or relating to time as opposed to eternity

Correct Answer: E) Temporal.

10. The Parson is a rich man.

Correct Answer: B) False.

11. What moral is the priest trying to teach?

Correct Answer: B) Don't trust flatterers.

12. What does Chaucer describe in the first 18 lines of the Prologue?

Correct Answer: D) The sensory details of the season.

13. The Host's name is

Correct Answer: D) Harry Bailey.

14. Which character in 'The Canterbury Tales' represents the ideal of a medieval knight?

Correct Answer: D) The Knight.

15. The owner of The Madelayne who makes his prisoners "walk the plank"; Smuggled, Dishonest, Drunken, No value for life

Correct Answer: D) The Skipper.

16. The clergy kept all records in and spoke .....

Correct Answer: A) Latin.

17. Society

Correct Answer: C) A large community.

18. What is most likely true about the Friar?

Correct Answer: A) He uses people for money.

19. He practiced what he preached.

Correct Answer: A) Parson.

20. In what language did Chaucer write "The Canterbury Tales" ?

Correct Answer: A) Middle English.