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Prologue to the Canterbury Tales

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who loves a cake in Wine?

a)

Franklin

b)

Knight

c)

Yeoman

d)

Wine Merchant

2.

Who has had five husbands?

a)

Prioress

b)

Wife of Bath

c)

Squire

d)

Haberdasher

3.

Who plays the bagpipes?

a)

Friar

b)

Knight

c)

Miller

d)

Parson

4.

Little children feared his face

a)

Franklin

b)

Monk

c)

Summoner

d)

Pardoner

5.

Inn where the pilgrims met

a)

Host

b)

Bailly

c)

Cook

d)

Tabard

6.

Host who comes up with the idea to tell stories

a)

Oxford Student

b)

Bailly

c)

Squire

d)

Knight

7.

Gave pocket knives to the pretty girls

a)

Friar

b)

Squire

c)

Skipper

d)

Summoner

8.

His friends gave him money

a)

Oxford Student

b)

Monk

c)

Yeoman

d)

Haberdasher

9.

He had been in many battles and was a gentleman

a)

Skipper

b)

Yeoman

c)

Squire

d)

Knight

10.

He was one of the Guildsmen

a)

Parson

b)

Haberdasher

c)

Miller

d)

Knight

11.

Was full of virtue (holy)

a)

Parson

b)

Monk

c)

Prioress

d)

Pardoner

12.

Is twenty (20) years old

a)

Squire

b)

Knight

c)

Oxford student

d)

Cook

13.

Enjoyed hunting with greyhounds

a)

Yeoman

b)

Plowman

c)

Monk

d)

Squire

14.

Chaucer's father

a)

Wine merchant

b)

Knight

c)

Squire

d)

Bailly

15.

Nun in charge

a)

Prioress

b)

Wife of Bath

c)

Monk

d)

Summoner

16.

Captain of a ship. Would make the enemy walk the plank.

a)

Wine Merchant

b)

Knight

c)

Squire

d)

Skipper

17.

Wore a coat and hood of green, had a "head like a nut"

a)

Miller

b)

Haberdasher

c)

Yeoman

d)

Monk

18.

Had an ulcer on his knee

a)

Cook

b)

Summoner

c)

Franklin

d)

Friar

19.

During which month does the pilgrims go on this journey?

a)

April

b)

May

c)

June

d)

July

20.

How many pilgrims were on the journey?

a)

100

b)

58

c)

29

d)

10

21.

How many tales did the author write and complete?

a)

24

b)

48

c)

29

d)

58

22.

The Canterbury Tales is structured as a

a)

Frame Story

b)

Flashback

c)

Allegory

d)

Exemplium

23.

Which is NOT direct characterization?

a)

"he was an honest worker..."

b)

"...His mouth was like a furnace door."

c)

"He wore a fustian tunic stained and dark..."

d)

"Children were afraid when he appeared."

24.

Is this Direct or Indirect Characterization:

"Her way of smiling was very simple and coy."

a)

Direct

b)

Indirect

25.

Is this Direct or Indirect Characterization:

"Discreet he was, a man to reverence,"

a)

Direct

b)

Indirect

26.

Is this Direct or Indirect Characterization:

"intoning through her nose, as was most seemly,"

a)

Direct

b)

Indirect

27.

In standing by to carve meat for his father at the table, the young Squire is showing himself to be _____.

a)

garnished

b)

prevaricating

c)

solicitous

d)

sanguine

28.

A sanguine person is usually

a)

cautious

b)

angry

c)

cheerful

d)

bored

29.

Which word is most nearly the same in meaning as garnished?

a)

tasted

b)

said

c)

caught

d)

decorated

30.

Which word is most nearly the same in meaning as prevarication?

a)

sinning

b)

lying

c)

adultery

d)

winning