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WorksheetsTEST - 1
Total questions: 110
Worksheet time: 2hrs 50mins
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1.
In the “General Prologue Opening in April,” which saint is the “holy blisful martir” that pilgrims seek at Canterbury?
a)
St. Alban
b)
St. Cuthbert
c)
St. Thomas Becket
d)
St. Edmund
2.
In the “Knight’s Provenance Phrase,” Chaucer calls him “a verray, parfit gentil” — what final noun completes the collocation?
a)
lord
b)
knight
c)
baron
d)
captain
3.
In the “Meter of Knight’s Tale” cue, what verse form predominates in the Knight’s Tale?
a)
Rime royal
b)
Alliterative long line
c)
Rhymed heroic couplets
d)
Blank verse
4.
In the “Clerk’s Motto Line,” which famous line sums up the Clerk of Oxford?
a)
“Gladly wolde he lerne and gladly teche”
b)
“Trouthe and honour, fredom and curteisie”
c)
“Hir laughtre was ful simple and coy”
d)
“Embrodered was he as it were a meede”
5.
In the “Pardoner’s Theme Tag,” which Latin tag does the Pardoner quote as his exemplum’s moral?
a)
In vino veritas
b)
Memento mori
c)
Radix malorum est cupiditas
d)
Ars longa, vita brevis
6.
In the “Tabard Inn Locator,” where is the Tabard Inn situated?
a)
Westminster
b)
Southwark
c)
Cheapside
d)
Aldgate
7.
In the “Pilgrim Headcount Prompt,” how many pilgrims (excluding the Host and Chaucer-narrator) set out in the General Prologue?
a)
29
b)
30
c)
31
d)
28
8.
In the “Host’s Name Reminder,” what is the Host’s name given by Chaucer?
a)
Geoffrey
b)
Harry Bailly
c)
John of Gaunt
d)
Thomas Usk
9.
In the “Planned Tale Total,” how many tales did the Host originally propose per pilgrim (to and fro)?
a)
One
b)
Three
c)
Two
d)
Four
10.
In the “Actually Told Count,” approximately how many tales survive in The Canterbury Tales?
a)
24
b)
36
c)
52
d)
18
11.
In the “Chaucer Lifespan Pin,” which is the safest scholarly lifespan span for Chaucer?
a)
1330–1399
b)
1343–1400
c)
1350–1402
d)
1327–1404
12.
In the “Wife of Bath Portrait Detail,” how many husbands does she say she has had?
a)
Three
b)
Five
c)
Seven
d)
Four
13.
In the “Wycliffite Contemporary Note,” which reformer’s Bible translation movement overlaps Chaucer’s era?
a)
Tyndale
b)
Wycliffe
c)
Coverdale
d)
Cranmer
14.
In the “Langland Work-ID Line,” which is Langland’s major poem?
a)
Confessio Amantis
b)
Piers Plowman
c)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
d)
Temple of Glass
15.
In the “Gower Trilingual Cue,” which three languages did Gower notably write in?
a)
Latin, English, French
b)
Latin, English, Italian
c)
Latin, French, German
d)
English, French, Cornish
16.
In the “Gower Major English Title,” identify Gower’s long English poem.
a)
Vox Clamantis
b)
Speculum Meditantis
c)
Confessio Amantis
d)
De Regimine Principum
17.
In the “Pearl-Poet Quartet,” which is NOT by the Pearl-poet?
a)
Pearl
b)
Cleanness
c)
Patience
d)
Piers Plowman
18.
In the “Gawain Alliterative Meter,” what is the base line-structure of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight?
a)
Rime royal stanzas
b)
Alliterative long lines with bob-and-wheel
c)
Heroic couplets
d)
Blank verse pentameter
19.
In the “Chaucer Italian Turn,” which Italian author most directly sources Troilus and Criseyde?
a)
Dante
b)
Boccaccio
c)
Petrarch
d)
Guido Guinizzelli
20.
In the “Troilus Stanza Form,” which stanza form is used in Troilus and Criseyde?
a)
Ottava rima
b)
Rime royal (ababbcc)
c)
Ballade stanza
d)
Spenserian stanza
21.
In the “Prologue April Clause,” which word completes “Whan that Aprill with his shoures _”?
a)
swete
b)
soote
c)
soft
d)
sootee
22.
In the “Parson’s Mode Prompt,” what is notable about the Parson’s Tale style?
a)
Latin prose
b)
English prose
c)
Rhymed couplets
d)
Alliterative verse
23.
In the “Summoner’s Face Mark,” with what is the Summoner’s face famously afflicted?
a)
Leprosy
b)
Carbuncles
c)
Pox scars
d)
Rosacea
24.
In the “Miller’s Tale Genre Tap,” which mode best fits The Miller’s Tale?
a)
Miracle play
b)
Breton lai
c)
Fabliau
d)
Beast fable
25.
In the “Prioress Oath Tell,” by whom does the Prioress swear in her mannered oaths?
a)
St. Peter
b)
St. Paul
c)
St. Loy
d)
St. Anne
26.
In the “Yeoman’s Badge Token,” which tree’s feathering/badge is linked with the Yeoman?
a)
Yew
b)
Oak
c)
Ash
d)
Hazel
27.
In the “Friar’s Name Hint,” what is the Friar’s name in the General Prologue?
a)
Hubert
b)
Simon
c)
Thomas
d)
Walter
28.
In the “Merchant’s Trait Cue,” which notable feature is mentioned of the Merchant?
a)
Forked beard
b)
Bald head
c)
Squint eyes
d)
Scarred cheek
29.
In the “Man of Law Date Trick,” which controversial date-claim does he make about Chaucer’s Troilus?
a)
“Late complited”
b)
“After Boece”
c)
“Before Dante”
d)
“Sin long er y-bore”
30.
In the “Reeve’s Craft Note,” what profession had the Reeve mastered?
a)
Ship carpentry
b)
Estate management
c)
Masonry
d)
Cooperage
31.
In the “Doctor’s Authority Tag,” which authors are the Physician said to know well?
a)
Avicenna and Hippocrates
b)
Aquinas and Augustine
c)
Bede and Isidore
d)
Galen and Anselm
32.
In the “Shipman’s Skill Clue,” from which port-region is the Shipman said to hail?
a)
Hull
b)
Dartmouth
c)
Bristol
d)
Dover
33.
In the “Chaucer Office Locator,” in which London city gate’s customs house did Chaucer work?
a)
Ludgate
b)
Aldgate
c)
Bishopsgate
d)
Moorgate
34.
In the “Book of the Duchess Anchor,” which bereavement event likely occasions The Book of the Duchess?
a)
Death of Philippa
b)
Death of Blanche of Lancaster
c)
Death of Queen Anne
d)
Death of Joan of Kent
35.
In the “Parliament of Fowls Occasion,” which Valentine association is often linked to Parliament of Fowls?
a)
St. George’s Day
b)
May Day
c)
St. Valentine’s Day
d)
Michaelmas
36.
In the “House of Fame Vision,” which classical guide does Chaucer’s narrator meet?
a)
Aeneas
b)
Scipio
c)
An Eagle
d)
Mercury
37.
In the “Legend of Good Women Prologue Choice,” by whom is Chaucer reproved within the poem’s fiction?
a)
Queen Alceste
b)
Queen Dido
c)
Queen Guinevere
d)
Queen Isolde
38.
In the “Boethius Source Tap,” Chaucer’s Boece translates which work?
a)
Consolation of Philosophy
b)
City of God
c)
Summa Theologiae
d)
Confessions
39.
In the “Romaunt of the Rose Caution,” which is safest to say about Chaucer’s authorship of Romaunt?
a)
Fully certain in whole
b)
Fully certain in part A only
c)
Disputed/partial attribution
d)
Entirely spurious
40.
In the “Hengwrt vs Ellesmere Note,” both are key manuscripts of which Chaucerian work?
a)
Troilus and Criseyde
b)
The Canterbury Tales
c)
House of Fame
d)
Legend of Good Women
41.
In the “Langland Versions Marker,” which sequence marks the three main Piers Plowman recensions?
a)
B–A–C
b)
A–B–C
c)
C–B–A
d)
B–C–A
42.
In the “Langland Visions Frame,” who is the dreamer-narrator of Piers Plowman?
a)
Will
b)
Piers
c)
Conscience
d)
Reason
43.
In the “Pearl Dream Motif,” the central setting of Pearl is primarily a…
a)
Ship at sea
b)
Dream garden/riverbank
c)
Mountain cave
d)
Cathedral nave
44.
In the “Gawain Castle Host Tag,” name the lord who hosts Gawain.
a)
Bercilak (Bertilak)
b)
Orfeo
c)
Arthur
d)
Gawther
45.
In the “Gawain Token Item,” what item does Gawain accept that becomes pivotal?
a)
Ring
b)
Girdle
c)
Brooch
d)
Bracelet
46.
In the “Chaucer Italian Mission Pin,” Chaucer’s Italian journeys chiefly relate to which patron’s diplomacy?
a)
Richard II
b)
John of Gaunt
c)
Henry IV
d)
Edward III
47.
In the “Heroic Couplet Claim,” Chaucer is often credited with regularizing what in English?
a)
Blank verse
b)
Tail-rhyme
c)
Heroic couplets
d)
Ballade refrain
48.
In the “Rhyme Royal Spread,” which Chaucer work standardizes rime royal?
a)
Anelida and Arcite
b)
Troilus and Criseyde
c)
House of Fame
d)
Parlement of Foules
49.
In the “Prioress Tale Signature,” what quality marks its diction?
a)
Brutal plainness
b)
Courtly Latinate sweetness
c)
Rustic alliterative grit
d)
Sermon prose
50.
In the “Man of Law Boast,” which Chaucer work does he oddly claim is not yet written (though it is)?
a)
Legend of Good Women
b)
Troilus and Criseyde
c)
Parliament of Fowls
d)
House of Fame
51.
In the “Nun’s Priest Beast Mode,” what animal is Chanticleer?
a)
Fox
b)
Rooster
c)
Dog
d)
Boar
52.
In the “Franklin’s Social Rank Cue,” the Franklin is classed as a…
a)
Knight
b)
Yeoman
c)
Landed freeholder
d)
Guildsman
53.
In the “Manciple’s Role Note,” a manciple’s core job serves…
a)
A monastery
b)
A law court/Inn of Court
c)
A ship
d)
A mint
54.
In the “Sergeant of Law Skill,” which trait marks him?
a)
Knows every case by rote
b)
Writes poor deeds
c)
Shuns fees
d)
Hates precedents
55.
In the “Squire’s Accomplishments Tag,” which is NOT listed?
a)
Jousting
b)
Carving to his father
c)
Singing/fluting
d)
Painting icons
56.
In the “Cook’s Trademark,” which dish is mentioned with the Cook?
a)
Frumenty
b)
Blancmange (blankmanger)
c)
Mince pie
d)
Pottage
57.
In the “Miller’s Wart Detail,” what grows upon the Miller’s nose?
a)
Carbuncle
b)
Wart with bristles
c)
Roseola
d)
Wen
58.
In the “Reeve’s County Tag,” from which shire is the Reeve (Oswald)?
a)
Norfolk
b)
Kent
c)
Sussex
d)
Essex
59.
In the “Shipman’s Mount Note,” he rides a…
a)
Mule
b)
Nag
c)
Cob
d)
Cart horse
60.
In the “Canon’s Yeoman Late Entry,” the Canon’s Yeoman tale chiefly targets…
a)
Astrology
b)
Alchemy
c)
Geometry
d)
Medicine
61.
In the “Chaucer Death Year,” when did Chaucer die?
a)
1399
b)
1400
c)
1401
d)
1402
62.
In the “Poet’s Corner Note,” Chaucer was the first poet interred in which famous spot?
a)
St. Paul’s
b)
Westminster Abbey Poets’ Corner
c)
Canterbury Cathedral
d)
St. Mary le Bow
63.
In the “Gower Dedication Anecdote,” Confessio Amantis was first dedicated to…
a)
Henry IV
b)
Richard II
c)
Edward III
d)
Henry V
64.
In the “Gower Later Rededication,” later versions honor…
a)
John of Gaunt
b)
The London Guilds
c)
Henry of Lancaster (Henry IV)
d)
Duke of Gloucester
65.
In the “Langland A-Text Date,” the earliest Piers Plowman recension (A) is often dated…
a)
c. 1367–70
b)
c. 1377–79
c)
c. 1385–90
d)
c. 1395–99
66.
In the “Langland B-Text Date,” the B-text is often dated…
a)
c. 1360–62
b)
c. 1377–79
c)
c. 1390–92
d)
c. 1400–02
67.
In the “Pearl Manuscript ID,” the sole manuscript containing Pearl and Gawain is…
a)
Cotton Nero A.x
b)
Ellesmere
c)
Harley 2253
d)
Bodley 686
68.
In the “Gawain Court Setting,” Sir Gawain and the Green Knight opens at…
a)
Carlisle
b)
Nottingham
c)
Camelot
d)
Caerleon
69.
In the “Pearl Kinship Hint,” the Pearl is often interpreted as the dreamer’s…
a)
Sister
b)
Daughter
c)
Wife
d)
Mother
70.
In the “Troilus Source Book,” Chaucer’s main source for Troilus is Boccaccio’s…
a)
Decameron
b)
Il Filostrato
c)
Teseida
d)
Amorosa Visione
71.
In the “Troilus Genre Tag,” Troilus and Criseyde is best described as a…
a)
Hagiography
b)
Courtly tragic romance
c)
Epic chronicle
d)
Morality play
72.
In the “Boethian Color Note,” Chaucer’s outlook in Troilus is frequently called…
a)
Augustinian
b)
Boethian
c)
Thomist
d)
Nominalist
73.
In the “Legend Prologues Fact,” Legend of Good Women survives in how many principal prologues?
a)
One
b)
Two
c)
Three
d)
Four
74.
In the “House of Fame Form,” its predominant verse line is…
a)
Octosyllabic couplets
b)
Alliterative meter
c)
Ballade stanzas
d)
Blank verse
75.
In the “Parliament of Fowls Rhyme,” its stanzaic form mainly uses…
a)
Terza rima
b)
Rhyme royal with variations
c)
Tail-rhyme
d)
Chant royal
76.
In the “Anelida and Arcite Split,” this poem is structurally notable for…
a)
Embedded complaint/complex stanza
b)
Prose interpolations
c)
Bob-and-wheel
d)
Sestina form
77.
In the “Satire Vector Tag,” which pilgrim most nakedly confesses his own fraud?
a)
Summoner
b)
Pardoner
c)
Friar
d)
Shipman
78.
In the “Physician’s Tale Moral,” his tale underscores the virtue of…
a)
Prudence
b)
Patience
c)
Chastity
d)
Hospitality
79.
In the “Clerk’s Source Lead,” the Clerk’s Tale derives from Petrarch’s Latin of…
a)
Griselda story
b)
Patient Susanna
c)
Filomena
d)
Gratia Dei
80.
In the “Monk’s Catalogue Mode,” the Monk’s Tale is mostly…
a)
Miracle cycles
b)
Tragedies of great falls
c)
Saints’ lives
d)
Bestiary items
81.
In the “Merchant’s Tale Motif,” which garden episode is central?
a)
Eden restored
b)
Rose-garden courtship
c)
January’s pear-tree scene
d)
Pilgrim herb plot
82.
In the “Squire’s Tale Exotic,” which magical item is NOT in the Squire’s Tale?
a)
Brass steed
b)
Mirror
c)
Ring
d)
Invisibility cap
83.
In the “Franklin’s Interlace,” Franklin’s Tale is classed as a…
a)
Breton lai
b)
Mystery
c)
Morality
d)
Miracle
84.
In the “Reeve vs Miller Link,” the Reeve’s Tale pointedly answers which previous tale?
a)
Knight’s
b)
Miller’s
c)
Cook’s
d)
Man of Law’s
85.
In the “Second Nun Focus,” which saint’s life is narrated?
a)
St. Agnes
b)
St. Cecilia
c)
St. Lucy
d)
St. Clare
86.
In the “Prioress Anti-Judaism Note,” the setting of the miracle is a…
a)
University
b)
Jewish quarter
c)
Convent
d)
Palace
87.
In the “Canon’s Yeoman Science,” alchemy is condemned chiefly for…
a)
Heresy
b)
Poverty-making fraud
c)
Violence
d)
Sorcery pacts
88.
In the “Plowman Kin Link,” which pilgrim is the Parson’s brother?
a)
Miller
b)
Plowman
c)
Reeve
d)
Franklin
89.
In the “Cook’s Tale Fragment,” the Cook’s Tale is…
a)
Lost
b)
Complete
c)
Fragmentary
d)
Apocryphal
90.
In the “General Prologue Genre Tag,” the General Prologue is often called a gallery of…
a)
Mystics
b)
Estates
c)
Angels
d)
Princes
91.
In the “Chaucer Office Title,” the poet held which customs post?
a)
Controller of Wool Customs
b)
Keeper of the Wardrobe
c)
King’s Almoner
d)
Clerk of the Hanaper
92.
In the “Chaucer Italian Influence Pair,” which two Italians are the principal influences?
a)
Dante, Petrarch
b)
Petrarch, Boccaccio
c)
Dante, Boccaccio
d)
Dante, Cavalcanti
93.
In the “Confessio Frame Device,” Gower’s poem is structured as a confession to…
a)
Reason
b)
Genius
c)
Nature
d)
Philosophy
94.
In the “Confessio Theme Map,” the seven deadly sins guide the…
a)
Characters
b)
Tales’ taxonomy
c)
Meter
d)
Rhyme
95.
In the “Langland Allegory Pair,” who are Will’s principal guides early on?
a)
Reason and Conscience
b)
Love and Nature
c)
Charity and Hope
d)
Fortune and Boethius
96.
In the “Pearl Theology Core,” the Pearl Maiden expounds chiefly on…
a)
Free will
b)
Predestination
c)
Grace and heavenly order
d)
Purgatory pains
97.
In the “Gawain Exchange Game,” the host’s daily bargain mirrors the…
a)
Hunt and bedroom exchanges
b)
Mass and vigil
c)
Feast and fasting
d)
Oath and ordeal
98.
In the “Chaucer Language Note,” Chaucer’s dialect is typically labeled…
a)
Northern Middle English
b)
East Midland/London Middle English
c)
West Midland Middle English
d)
Southern Kentish
99.
In the “Rhyme Royal Name Origin,” rime royal’s title traditionally links to…
a)
French royal edict
b)
James I (of Scotland) usage
c)
Edward III’s court
d)
Aragonese fashion
100.
In the “Lollard Touch,” which contemporary movement challenged clerical wealth/power?
a)
Lollardy
b)
Carthusian reform
c)
Cluniac revival
d)
Cathar survival
101.
In the “Opening Line Citation,” complete the start: “Whan that Aprill with his shoures soote / The droghte of March hath _ to the roote.”
a)
slain
b)
pierced
c)
smiten
d)
bathed
102.
In the “Knight’s Tag Citation,” complete: “He was a verray, parfit gentil _.”
a)
man
b)
knight
c)
wight
d)
lord
103.
In the “Clerk’s Motto Citation,” complete: “And gladly wolde he lerne, and gladly _.”
a)
rede
b)
preche
c)
teche
d)
speke
104.
In the “Pardoner Latin Citation,” identify the line quoted as theme: “_ est cupiditas.”
a)
Omnium vitiorum radix
b)
Radix malorum
c)
Culpa maxima
d)
Mater peccati
105.
In the “Wife’s Line Citation,” complete: “Experience, though noon auctoritee / Were in this world, is right ynogh for _.”
a)
me
b)
us
c)
thee
d)
alle
106.
In the “Prioress Oath Citation,” fill: “By Seinte _!” her oaths were but lite.
a)
Loy
b)
Anne
c)
Paul
d)
John
107.
In the “Nun’s Priest Line Citation,” complete: “For sikerly, a nyghten-gale / May doon what? It can nat _ as a cok.”
a)
crowe
b)
synge
c)
flee
d)
wake
108.
In the “Gawain Bob-Wheel Snip,” in the bob-and-wheel, the short “bob” is followed by…
a)
Tercet
b)
Quatrain
c)
Wheel of four short lines
d)
Latin refrain
109.
In the “Pearl Last Vision Line,” the dreamer, seeing the heavenly city, finally…
a)
Wakes smiling
b)
Leaps the stream and fails
c)
Meets the Pearl Maiden on shore
d)
Sings a hymn and sleeps
110.
In the “Piers Plowman Tag,” which figure cries “Do-wel, Do-bet, Do-best” across the poem’s teaching arc?
a)
Reason
b)
Conscience
c)
Will
d)
Piers
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