Allusion / Perspective / POV Quiz (and The Canterbury Tales)

Allusion / Perspective / POV Quiz (and The Canterbury Tales)

12th Grade

9 Qs

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Allusion / Perspective / POV Quiz (and The Canterbury Tales)

Allusion / Perspective / POV Quiz (and The Canterbury Tales)

Assessment

Quiz

English

12th Grade

Medium

R.3.3 -- Classical Literature, R.1.3 -- Point of View and Perspective, R.3.3 -- Rhetorical Devices

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Standards-aligned

Created by

Robyn Smith

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9 questions

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1.

CLASSIFICATION QUESTION

5 mins • 20 pts

Organize these characters from The Canterbury Tales: The Prologue into the right category they would fit as per the story.

Groups:

(a) Military / Law Enforcement

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(b) Religion

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(c) Workers / Shopkeepers / Financial

,

(d) Extras / Others

Skipper

Woman from Bath

Sergeant at the Law

Haberdasher

Carpet-maker

Dyer

Plowman

Carpenter

Weaver

Prioress

Monk

Merchant

Friar

Franklin

Doctor

Parson

Pardoner

Knight

Squire

Summoner

Tags

Character Development

R.3.3 -- Classical Literature

2.

CLASSIFICATION QUESTION

5 mins • 12 pts

Organize these definitions regarding Point-of-view into the right category.

Groups:

(a) 1st person POV

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(b) 2nd Person POV

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(c) 3rd Person Omniscient

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(d) 3rd Person Limited

We see things from ONLY their POV

They cannot explain another character's actions unless they are told to them.

Knows everything about everyone and everything in the text.

Narrator can shift characters at a section or chapter break.

Buzz word: You

Buzz word: I, me, we, us

Buzz words: He, she, it

The main character is the narrator

God-like narrator

Can be a handful of characters or every single character at one point.

The reader is the narrator

Buzz words: Him, her, she, he, it, them, they, we


Tags

Point of view

R.1.3 -- Point of View and Perspective

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 10 pts

What is the definition of a perspective?

The opinion of an author.

The appearance to the eye of objects in respect to their relative distance and position.

The appearance of the eye and how it develops over time.

None of the above

Tags

R.1.3 -- Point of View and Perspective

Character Development

4.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 8 pts

Match the following allusion category to its definition.

Related to myths and legends

Literal

Connecting to an event in history

Mythological

Relating to the Bible

Historical

Connect to anther textual example

Biblical

Tags

R.3.3 -- Rhetorical Devices

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 10 pts

Why is the Knight traveling to Canterbury?

To attend a jousting tournament
To visit his family

To pay thanks for his survival after his many conflicts.

To seek adventure and glory

Tags

R.3.3 -- Classical Literature

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 10 pts

Which character was a hunter by trade who wore green and carried a bow, quiver, hunting horn, knife, and a medal of St. Christopher around his neck?

Yeoman

Squire

Prioress

Friar

Tags

Classical Literature

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 10 pts

Where did the narrator meet the pilgrims on their way to Canterbury Cathedral?

The town of Canterbury

The Tabbard Inn

London Eye

The Harbor Bar

Tags

R.1.1 - Plot Structure

8.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 10 pts

Who is the author of The Canterbury Tales?

William Shakespeare

Sir Thomas Moore

Geofrey Chaucer

Sir Thomas Becket

Tags

R.3.3 -- Classical Literature

9.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 10 pts

Who was murdered at Canterbury Cathedral and was the starting point for people to complete pilgrimages to the sacred site?

The Archbishop Thomas Becket

William Shakespeare

Geoffrey Chaucer

King Henry VIII

Tags

R.3.3 -- Classical Literature