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The Canterbury Tales Review Quiz

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What season is described in the opening passage of The Canterbury Tales?
a)
summer
b)
winter
c)
spring
d)
fall
2.
Why did everyone go on a pilgrimage to Canterbury?
a)
To visit the shrine of Beowulf
b)
to visit the shrine of Archbishop Thomas Becket
c)
To visit the grave of a beloved family member
d)
To visit the shrine of King Alfred the Great
3.
Including the narrator, how many pilgrims were at the Tabard Inn that night?
a)
30
b)
28
c)
25
d)
12
4.
What was the prize for who told the best story?
a)
lunch
b)
dinner
c)
dessert
d)
drink
5.
Why was everyone at the Tabbard?
a)
They were on their way making a pilgrimage to Canterbury.
b)
They were on a trip to see the Archbishop.
c)
They were looking for a place to eat.
d)
They were in need of supplies and rest.
6.
What game does the host propose to the pilgrims?
a)
they tell two stories on the way to Canterbury
b)
they tell two stories on the way from Canterbury
c)
the winner with the best story gets a free meal at the expense of the other travelers
d)
all answer choices are correct
7.
The Canterbury Tales is an example of what type of story?
a)
bildungsroman
b)
roman a clef
c)
la nueva narrativa
d)
frame story
8.
Who wrote The Canterbury Tales?
a)
Unknown
b)
Geoffrey Chaucer
c)
The Venerable Bede
d)
Edmund Spenser
9.
What is Chaucer's main purpose for writing the Prologue?
a)
describe a London inn
b)
introduce all the pilgrims
c)
explain religious customs
d)
reveal the narrator's thoughts
10.
In order to reveal his characters, Chaucer uses all of these techniques EXCEPT
a)
presenting their words and actions
b)
providing details of their homes
c)
Describing their looks and dress
d)
telling us directly what the characters are like
11.
A frame story is...
a)
A story within a story
b)
A story about a specific time in history
c)
A story about a photo/work of art
d)
A story about a person bordering society
12.
In what language were the tales originally written?
a)
Old English
b)
Middle English
c)
Modern English
d)
French
13.
In "The Wife of Bath's Tale," how many days does the knight have to answer the queen's question?
a)
1
b)
30
c)
365
d)
366
14.
What is the question the knight has to answer in "The Wife of Bath's Tale"?
a)
What do men want the most?
b)
What do women want the most?
c)
What does chivalry mean?
d)
What is the best age to marry?
15.
What does "bawdy" mean?
a)
difficult to understand
b)
serious in tone
c)
religious in nature
d)
humorously indecent
16.
In "The Miller's Tale," whom does Alison actually love and want to be with?
a)
John
b)
Nicholas
c)
Absalon
d)
no one
17.
What is the moral of "The Miller's Tale"
a)
Think before you speak.
b)
Marry someone who is like you.
c)
Never trust a student.
d)
Always treat your wife well.
18.

What is the Wife of Bath's philosophy on marriage?

a)

To love equally

b)

To be controlled by her husbands

c)

To dominate her husbands

d)

To have a job

19.

What favor does the knight have to fulfill after the old woman saves his life?

a)

Work for her

b)

Give her money

c)

Go to jail

d)

Marry her

20.

The old woman offers the Knight a choice between....

a)

Love and Hate

b)

Beauty and Faithfulness

c)

Sin and Purity

d)

Good Manners and Good Deeds

21.

From the Pardoner's Tale: What is a tavern-knave?

a)

A slave

b)

A serving-boy

c)

A rioter

d)

A pardoner

22.

Where are the three rioters when the tale begins?

a)

The Tabard Inn

b)

The Church

c)

Under a tree

d)

The Tavern

23.

Where does the old man tell the rioters to go in order to find Death?

a)

The Tavern

b)

The Canterbury Cathedral

c)

Under a tree

d)

A party

24.

What do the rioters find instead?

a)

Treasure

b)

Beer

c)

Nothing

d)

The Old Man

25.

Which of the three rioters commits murder?

a)

All of them

b)

None of them

c)

Only the one who goes into town

d)

The two that stay behind

26.

Death defeats the three rioters by appealing to.....

a)

Emotion

b)

Love

c)

Hatred

d)

Greed

27.

The Wife of Bath's Tale: What is the Knight's original sentence by King Arthur?

a)

banishment

b)

torture

c)

beheading

d)

imprisonment

28.

The Pardoner's Tale: What sin does the Pardoner admit he is guilty of?

a)

slothfulness

b)

lust

c)

avarice/greed

d)

lying

29.
In writing the Canterbury Tales, Geoffery Chaucer is attempting to _________
a)
present the world through the eyes of the pilgrims
b)
present the world through the eys of the leaders
c)
present the world as he sees it.
d)
present the world in a mean and cruel manner.
30.

Some nine and twenty in a company

Of sundry persons who had chanced to fall

In fellowship, and pilgrims were they all


What is the closest meaning of the word "sundry" in these lines?

a)

miscellaneous

b)

assorted

c)

several

d)

diverse

31.

In his Prologue, the Pardoner's view of his work is...

a)

unhappy

b)

sorrowful

c)

boastful

d)

humble

32.

The way that the rioters interact with the old man shows their...

a)

justified impatience

b)

unkind insensitivity

c)

humble curiosity

d)

intense caution

33.

Which statement most accurately reflects the old woman's words and actions before she transforms herself?

a)

She seeks to reform the knight's judgments and values

b)

She enjoys torturing the knight a little before the rewards him

c)

She wants to prove to the knight that women can argue logically

d)

She persuades the knight that she is beautiful as an old woman.

34.

The knight is able to have the old woman as young and pretty and also faithful because...

a)

He chooses old and faithful, so she rewards him with both

b)

He allows the old woman to decide -- therefore giving her the power.

c)

He allows the old woman to decide and chooses both because she has fallen in love with him.

d)

He chooses young and pretty and only thinks she will remain faithful

35.
In what year did the Medieval Period begin?
a)
449
b)
1066
c)
1492
d)
1485
36.
Who is responsible for the beginning of the Medieval Period and also introduced French to the English language?
a)
William the Conqueror
b)
Louis XVI
c)
Henry V
d)
Richard III
37.
All of the following are Deadly Sins except what?
a)
Greed
b)
Lust
c)
Blasphemy
d)
Sloth
38.
What is the name of the social class system that existed during most of the Medieval Period?
a)
Feudalism
b)
Serfdom
c)
Karma
d)
Monarchy
39.

Which of the following was NOT one of the estates or "castes" of the late medieval period?

a)

Clergy

b)

Nobility

c)

Commoners

d)

Royalty

40.

All of the following events happened during the Middle Ages EXCEPT...

a)

the Black Death

b)

the French Revolution

c)

the Crusades

d)

the Hundred Years' War

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