Canterbury Tales

Canterbury Tales

12th Grade

15 Qs

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Canterbury Tales

Canterbury Tales

Assessment

Quiz

English

12th Grade

Hard

Created by

Sarah Williams

FREE Resource

15 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

The following writer was influential in making English a "legitimate" language:

Dante

Chaucer

Shakespeare

Petrarch

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

The Prioress spoke very poor...

English

Spanish

French

Russian

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

Which of the following quotations from "The Prologue" is the BEST example of imagery?

"Thinly they fell, like rat-tails, one by one."

"In fifteen mortal battles he had been."

"Just home from service, he had joined our ranks."

"He'd seen some service with the calvary."

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

Eats onions, garlic, and leeks; ugly; scares people; condones/forgives sins for a handsome bribe

Monk

Merchant

Summoner

Skipper

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

Model member of the clergy; a good shepherd to his flock; believes in leading by setting a good example

Friar

Monk

Parson

Prioress

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

Who is described as a "proper forester"; with a longbow and a "head like a nut"?

Yeoman

Merchant

Knight

Guildsmen

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

A.K.A. Harry Bailey; proposes telling the stories to and from Canterbury

Host

Geoffrey Chaucer

Miller

Cook

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