Untitled Quiz

Which movement in England during the fourteenth century culminated in the reign of Edward III?

• Religious movement

• Political movement

• Literary movement

• Social movement

Who is considered the greatest of English religious reformers during the fourteenth century?

• Gower

• Mandeville

• Chaucer

• Wyclif

Which work is considered Chaucer's masterpiece and one of the most famous works in all literature?

• Iliad

• Beowulf

• Canterbury Tales

• Divine Comedy

Where did Chaucer's masterpiece, the Canterbury Tales, take place?

• Paris

• Rome

• London

• Southwark

What was the plan of the Canterbury Tales by Chaucer?

• To analyze the contrast between luxury and poverty

• To represent the wide sweep of English life by gathering a motley company together and letting each class of society tell its own favorite stories

• To describe the gods and heroes of a golden age

• To focus on animal fables and allegories

Who tells one of the best stories in the Canterbury Tales, the chivalric story of 'Palamon and Arcite'?

• The Host

• The Knight

• The Miller

• The Scholar

What was the point of departure for all travel to the south of England, especially for medieval pilgrimages to the shrine of Thomas a Becket in Canterbury?

• Tabard Inn of Southwark

• Tabard Inn of London

• Tabard Inn of Rome

• Tabard Inn of Paris

Which character in the Canterbury Tales is described as the fat monk?

• The Monk

• Madame Eglantyne

• The Parish Priest

• The Host

What is the aim of nearly all modern literature according to the text?

• To focus on animal fables and allegories

• To study men and women as they are and describe them so that the reader recognizes them

• To analyze the contrast between luxury and poverty

• To describe the gods and heroes of a golden age

Who is considered the first English writer to bring the atmosphere of romantic interest about the men and women and the daily work of one's own world?

• Beowulf

• Roland

• Chaucer

• Shakespeare