Chaucer Quiz

Direct characterization is defined as:

• The implicit traits revealed through actions.

• The author's explicit description of a character's traits.

• The character's own narrative reflections.

• The symbolic representation in the setting.

Indirect characterization is:

• The process of conveying a character's traits through their actions, dialogue, and behavior.

• Direct description of a character by the narrator.

• Using only physical descriptions to portray a character.

• Characterization that is irrelevant to the plot.

Identify the level of society that is considered the cornerstone of society.

• Family

• Government

• Education

• Church

Heroic couplet: definition and example of 4 lines. Identify the definition of a heroic couplet and select the correct example of 4 lines.

• A heroic couplet is a pair of iambic pentameter lines that rhyme; an example of 4 lines (two heroic couplets) is: 1. When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes, 2. I all alone beweep my outcast state; 3. And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries, 4. And look upon myself, and curse my fate.

• A heroic couplet consists of four free verse lines with no specific meter or rhyme.

• A heroic couplet is a single line of iambic pentameter followed by a phrase lacking rhyme.

• A heroic couplet is a stanza of six lines with alternating rhyme patterns.

The Canterbury Tales contain 24 tales that were told, although 120 were originally planned.

• 24; 120

• 24; 24

• 40; 120

• 40; 40

A pilgrimage is a journey to a sacred place, and the group in the Canterbury Tales began their pilgrimage from the Tabard Inn in Southwark in April.

• A pilgrimage is a journey to a sacred place; the Canterbury pilgrims began in April from the Tabard Inn in Southwark.

• A pilgrimage is a leisure trip; they began their journey in December.

• A pilgrimage is a training route; they started it in May.

• A pilgrimage is a process of self-reflection; they began in March.

Where was Chaucer buried?

• Westminster Abbey in the poets' corner

• Canterbury CathedralIn the poets' corner

• St. Paul's Cathedral In the writers' corner

• Westminster Palace

A story within a story.

• Fable

• Frame Story

• Epic Poem

• Allegorical story

What king paid a ransom for Chaucer to be released after his capture during the war and how much was the ransom?

• King Edward III, 16 pounds

• King Edward III, 500 pounds

• King Henry V, 1,000 marks

• King Henry IV, 16 marks

Chaucer was known as

• Father of English Poetry

• Bard of Avon

• The Father of English Literature

• King of Poets