This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Epic > Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales – Quiz 82 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Chaucer'S Canterbury Tales Quiz 82 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The Yeoman had arrows made of what? A) Goose feathers. B) Horse hair. C) Peacock feathers. D) Chicken feathers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peacock feathers. 2. Which of the following purposes does the description of the Summoner best serve? A) To emphasize how law in the Middle Ages was based on the Bible. B) To emphasize how the church punished people for immoral behavior but simultaneously employed many people who behaved immorally. C) To emphasize the way people were ostracized from society because of physical disfigurements. D) To poke fun at people who thought having legal knowledge gave them a higher social status. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To emphasize how the church punished people for immoral behavior but simultaneously employed many people who behaved immorally. 3. Taking effort and care; working carefully A) Dispatch. B) Unanimously. C) Diligent. D) Frugal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diligent. 4. Jolly, happy, celebratory A) Agility. B) Personable. C) Festive. D) Prudent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Festive. 5. Name the pilgrim who sold fake relics and scammed parishoners. A) Summoner. B) Miller. C) Prioress. D) Forgive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Forgive. 6. The Canterbury Tales was in what time period? A) Anglo-Saxon. B) Medieval. C) Renaissance. D) Victorian. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Medieval. 7. Identify the character from the quote:"He knew the taverns well in every townAnd every innkeeper and barmaid tooBetter than lepers, beggars and that crew, For in so eminent a man as heIt was not fitting with the dignityOf his position, dealing with a scumOf wretched lepers, nothing good can comeOf commerce with such slum-and-gutter dwellers, But only with the rich and victual-sellers.But anywhere a profit might accrueCourteous he was and lowly of service too." A) Miller. B) Doctor. C) Friar. D) Oxford Cleric. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Friar. 8. What best describes THE NUN/PRIORESS? A) Strong and outspoken. B) Friendly and fun loving. C) Refined / fancy and sentimental. D) Well educated and wise. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Refined / fancy and sentimental. 9. The pilgrims have gathered together to travel to the shrine of a saint and plan to tell stories on the journey. What is the literary term for this kind of situation? A) Frame tale. B) Estates satire. C) Decameron. D) Preface. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frame tale. 10. Normandy defeated England marking the beginning of the Medieval Period. The name of the King during this period is ..... A) King Henry the VII. B) King Henry the VIII. C) King Harold. D) King Hrothgar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) King Harold. 11. What did The Skipper know a lot about? A) Women. B) Money. C) Travel. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Travel. 12. Which of the following best describes the Miller? A) Modest stained clothing, battles for religious wars. B) Big brawny, tells dirty tavern stories, plays bagpipes. C) Forking beard; motley dress, money management is his downfall, very knowledgeable. D) Very poor, he is the ideal parish priest, well educated. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Big brawny, tells dirty tavern stories, plays bagpipes. 13. "He kept the gold he gained from pestilence. For gold in physic is fine cordial, And therefore loved he gold exceeding all." A) Franklin. B) Doctor. C) Sailor. D) Cook. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Doctor. 14. Select the correct word:act of freeing someone of a sin or criminal charge A) Solicitious. B) Sanguine. C) Absolution. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Absolution. 15. Where is Chaucer buried? A) In France. B) In Ireland. C) In Canterbury. D) In London. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In London. 16. Motivated by gold; follows astrology; makes money along with an apothecary A) Sergeant-at-Laws. B) Reeve. C) Monk. D) Doctor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Doctor. 17. Who was the medieval version of a modern day lawyer? A) Friar. B) Oxford Cleric. C) Sergeant at law. D) Merchant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sergeant at law. 18. One reason they went on their journey to Canterbury was ..... A) To make money. B) To look for the Holy Grail. C) For spiritual renewal. D) For physical fitness. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) For spiritual renewal. 19. This pilgrim Carried a coral rosary with a locket inscribed in Latin, Love conquers All. A) Plowman. B) Merchant. C) Wife of Bath. D) Nun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nun. 20. Which language most directly influenced the development of English during the Medieval period? A) Latin. B) Swedish. C) German. D) French. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) French. ← 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