Canterbury Tales - Prologue TEST

Why are the pilgrims telling stories?

• They all love poetry.

• It is a contest set up by Harry Bailey, the keeper of the Tabard Inn, the winner gets a free meal.

• Chaucer plans to write them all down in a book.

• They do not want to read.

The pilgrims included all of the following types of people EXCEPT

• religious officials

• women

• children

• working class individuals

Who did the narrator meet at The Tabard Inn?

• He met the King of England

• He met the Archbishop of Canterbury

• He met 29 pilgrims

• He met St. Thomas a Becket

The pilgrims going to visit what?

• To see the relics of the True Cross.

• A special presentation of The Passion.

• the ghost of Mary, the mother of Christ

• The shrine of St. Thomas a Becket

The travelers told tales on the journey in order to

• relieve boredom

• win a free meal

• both a and b

• neither a nor b

The Canterbury Tales was written by

• Geoffrey Chaucer

• William Shakespeare

• St. Thomas a Becket

• an unknown author

Knights acted as which type of modern group of people?

• mayors and governors

• military and police

• business leaders

• child care workers

A Pardoner is an official of the

• king

• church

• local government

• feudal manor

In which century was Chaucer born?

• 12th

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

What is the name now given to the language in which Chaucer wrote?

• Early English

• Middle English

• New English

• Old English