WorksheetsThe Canterbury Tales
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 13mins
Who is the author of the Canterbury Tales?
Shakespeare
Ovid
Chaucer
Homer
The Wife of Bath's Tale: What crime does the knight in the Wife's Tale commit?
perjury
murder
kidnapping
rape
The Wife of Bath's Tale: What is the Knight's original sentence by King Arthur?
banishment
torture
beheading
imprisonment
The Wife of Bath's Tale: Who decided that the Knight should have a different sentence?
The King
The Queen
The Maiden
The Pardoner
The Wife of Bath's Tale: The hag gives the knight a choice of her being ugly & loyal or becoming young, beautiful &__?
faithful
dead
unfaithful
immortal
The Pardoner's Tale: The three young men at the beginning of the "Pardoner's Tale" originally set out to
find gold
kill Death
play pranks
learn the old man's identity
The Pardoner's Tale: According to the Pardoner, who makes the youngest man decide to kill his companions?
a demon
the old man
the tavern keeper
the Devil
The Pardoner's Tale: What is the main theme of “The Pardoner's Tale”?
Death does not always come to those who seek it.
Be wary of death.
Gold causes death.
Greed can lead to destruction.
The Pardoner's Tale: What kind of people are the rioters?
Devout Christians
Trouble-makers - drinking before 9 am
Hardworking
Good people
The Pardoner's Tale: What sin does the Pardoner admit he is guilty of?
slothfulness
lust
avarice/greed
lying
The Wife of Bath's Tale: What does the Wife's allusion to Ovid's myth of King Midas and his wife imply about women?
Women want capable lovers.
Women can't keep secrets.
Women want gold.
Women can't be faithful.
The Wife of Bath's Tale: As a result of the knight's choice, his wife chooses ...?
to remain old.
to become young.
to leave.
another husband.
The Wife of Bath's Tale: What does the knight decide regarding his wife?
She should become young.
She should decide for herself.
She should remain old.
She should marry another man.
The Wife of Bath's Tale: Who is the Wife of Bath in the story?
The old woman
The narrator
The woman the knight rapped
The queen
