This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Epic > Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales – Quiz 81 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales Quiz 81 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who shows up at the same inn as the narrator? A) 29 other pilgrims. B) 20 other pilgrims. C) 15 other pilgrims, a fox, a rooster, and a pack of hens. D) The Host. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 29 other pilgrims. 2. Before Chaucer, Latin and French were the only languages used by serious poets. Chaucer made the English language A) Common. B) Respectable. C) Obsolete. D) Worse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Respectable. 3. What is a remission for the temporary punishment of sin that has been forgiven? A) Microcosm. B) Forgiveness. C) Indulgences. D) Alchemy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indulgences. 4. What is the definition of supple? A) The act of not giving a direct answer to a question in order to hide the truth. B) Bending and moving easily and gracefully; flexible. 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) Bending and moving easily and gracefully; flexible. 5. Chaucer found inspiration for The Canterbury Tales from A) Boccaccio. B) Dante. C) Petrarch. D) French romances. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Boccaccio. 6. The age difference between the Wife of Bath and her fifth husband? A) Five years. B) Ten years. C) They are exactly the same age and born on the same day!. D) Twenty years. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Twenty years. 7. Choose the ANTONYM for Misogynist A) Feminist. B) Prejudiced. C) Friendly. D) Insulting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Feminist. 8. What did Arcite do after two years? A) He returned to Athens to help his brother escape. B) He married Emily. C) He changed his name and worked for Emily's father as a servant to see her. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He changed his name and worked for Emily's father as a servant to see her. 9. Which order of friars supported themselves by begging? A) Dominicans. B) Jesuits. C) Carmelites. D) Augustinians. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dominicans. 10. What is the definition of the word "prologue" ? A) Introductory part of a novel or text. B) Vast; huge. C) Long and thin. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Introductory part of a novel or text. 11. Which of the following purposes does the description of the Miller best serve? A) To symbolize England's increasing military power. B) To emphasize how society includes people who are obnoxious and tend to make a scene. C) To emphasize how storytelling played in a role in shaping people's lives. D) To emphasize how the declining influence of the church led to more immoral behavior among common people. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To emphasize how society includes people who are obnoxious and tend to make a scene. 12. Throughout the year, cancer survivor Mya Bruegel, runs marathons to celebrate her victory over the horrible ..... A) Malady. B) Vintage. C) Pestilence. D) Collar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Malady. 13. EMINENT means to be above others in rank or achievement A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. He wore blood-red garments. A) Skipper. B) Doctor. C) Knight. D) Merchant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Doctor. 15. Which Pilgrims are most richly attired? A) Miller, Yeoman, Summoner, Chaucer. B) Knight, Nun's Priest, Parson, Pardoner. C) Wife of Bath, Squire, Monk, Physician, Franklin. D) Friar, Reeve, Manciple, Man of law. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wife of Bath, Squire, Monk, Physician, Franklin. 16. What was it on the road to Canterbury that scared Chaucer? A) A flock of sheep. B) Wild horses. C) A herd of cows. D) Bandits. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A herd of cows. 17. Rising above others in rank or achievement A) Diligent. B) Eminent. C) Sincerity. D) Discreet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eminent. 18. Rule; power A) Avarice. B) Parley. C) Bequeath. D) Sovereignty. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sovereignty. 19. Perspective A) The quality and traits that make one person or group different from any other. B) A large community. C) A particular way of viewing things or events. D) Related to the Middle Ages period of time in European history. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A particular way of viewing things or events. 20. Which character is a woodsman, who dresses in green, while carrying a sword and dagger? A) Plowman. B) Skipper. C) Yeoman. D) Merchant. 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