TEST - 1

In the “General Prologue Opening in April,” which saint is the “holy blisful martir” that pilgrims seek at Canterbury?

• St. Alban
• St. Cuthbert
• St. Thomas Becket
• St. Edmund

In the “Knight’s Provenance Phrase,” Chaucer calls him “a verray, parfit gentil” — what final noun completes the collocation?

• lord
• knight
• baron
• captain

In the “Meter of Knight’s Tale” cue, what verse form predominates in the Knight’s Tale?

• Rime royal
• Alliterative long line
• Rhymed heroic couplets
• Blank verse

In the “Clerk’s Motto Line,” which famous line sums up the Clerk of Oxford?

• “Gladly wolde he lerne and gladly teche”
• “Trouthe and honour, fredom and curteisie”
• “Hir laughtre was ful simple and coy”
• “Embrodered was he as it were a meede”

In the “Pardoner’s Theme Tag,” which Latin tag does the Pardoner quote as his exemplum’s moral?

• In vino veritas
• Memento mori
• Radix malorum est cupiditas
• Ars longa, vita brevis

In the “Tabard Inn Locator,” where is the Tabard Inn situated?

• Westminster
• Southwark
• Cheapside
• Aldgate

In the “Pilgrim Headcount Prompt,” how many pilgrims (excluding the Host and Chaucer-narrator) set out in the General Prologue?

• 29
• 30
• 31
• 28

In the “Host’s Name Reminder,” what is the Host’s name given by Chaucer?

• Geoffrey
• Harry Bailly
• John of Gaunt
• Thomas Usk

In the “Planned Tale Total,” how many tales did the Host originally propose per pilgrim (to and fro)?

• One
• Three
• Two
• Four

In the “Actually Told Count,” approximately how many tales survive in The Canterbury Tales?

• 24
• 36
• 52
• 18