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12th Grade Midterm I: Canterbury Tales Review
12th Grade Midterm I: Canterbury Tales Review
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1
What event or cause brings all of the characters together?
gathered to mourn the loss of St. Thomas a Becket &attend his canonization.
gathered to travel to London to witness the christening of the King’s son.
going on a pilgrimage to see the shrine of St. Thomas Becket.
visit a spring that was supposed to have miraculous healing powers.
2
Who is honored in the Canterbury Cathedral?
St. Augustine
St. Thomas a Becket
St. Patrick
St. Francis
3
What is the debt the old woman claims the knight owes her? The knight has to...
marry her.
to marry the woman he originally raped.
take her to her homeland safely.
pay her a large sum of money.
4
What does the Queen ask the Knight?
Who created Heaven and Earth?
Who is your father?
Why did you commit rape?
What do women want most?
5
This pilgrim wore a wide hat and lots of makeup and had been married five times.
The Wife of Bath
The Cook
The Shipman
The Host
6
This pilgrim sang, had long, yellow hair, and carried a bunch of false relics to sell.
The Summoner
The Pardoner
The Prioress Nun
The Friar
7
His name was Harry Bailey. He was manly, good-natured, and happy.
The Franklin
The Knight
The Host
The Shipman
8
The old hag teaches the knight
to respect all women in his social class
that her age, class, and looks are benefits to him
how to be good in bed
how to win another girl's heart
9
What plan did the one who went to town make to kill the two others when he got back?
He had hired two thugs to kill them as they brought the treasure home.
He was going to stab them while they slept.
He was going to let the horse trample them.
He was going to poison them.
10
Why did one friend leave the hill to go in to town?
He went to buy bread and wine to enjoy while they wait.
He went to buy a horse to carry the load.
He went to scout for robbers.
He went to provide an alibi for the others.
11
A short anecdote or story that illustrates a particular moral point is a
frame tale
exemplum
metaphor
satire
12
Which literary device best describes how the pardoner absolves people of avarice?
irony
onomatopoeia
foreshadowing
metaphor
13
She spoke French, was dainty and pleasant, and the picture of medieval beauty.
Cook
Prioress Nun
Wife of Bath
Weaver
14
Why was one youth sent to town?
He went to scout for robbers.
to buy food & drink so they would have something to eat while waiting
He went to provide an alibi for the others
He went to buy a horse to carry the load.
15
What is the result of the knight’s decision to let his old wife decide their fate?
She turns into a beautiful young woman who promises to be faithful.
She turns into a beautiful young woman and is eventually unfaithful to him.
He escapes his marriage to the old woman,saying she is unfaithful.
He remains married to the old woman and eventually appreciates her.
16
the reader knows that the youngest rioter carries poisoned wine, but the two rioters who murder him do not.
Situational irony
Dramatic irony
Verbal irony
All of the above
17
The Pardoner’s maxim is “Radix malorum est cupiditas,” meaning…?
He does not preach; he merely collects money for pardoning sins.
The love of money is the root of all evil.
Money is good.
Man’s fate is already determined.
18
What is the theme of the Wife of Bath's tale?
Men should always submit to their wives.
Sometimes wisdom comes in unattractive packages.
Knights cannot be trusted.
Women never know exactly what they want.
19
Which pilgrim's tale is told first?
The Wife of Bath
The Pardoner
The Knight
The Miller
20
What did the 3 friends find under the tree?
They found three beautiful women waiting for them.
They found eight bushels of gold.
They found a bag full of jewels.
They found jewelry and golden swords.
21
What is the literary term for when a reader knows more than the characters do?
All of the above
Situational irony
Dramatic irony
Verbal irony
22
He was hideous and smelly with whelks on his face, children ran from him.
Knight
Pardoner
Summoner
Cook
23
Why was everyone at The Tabard Inn?
ontheir way making a pilgrimage to Canterbury
tocelebrate the baptism of the King's youngest son
waitingfor the King's soldiers to come and escort them
recuperating from the Bubonic plague
24
He was the son of the Knight, in his twenties, agile, strong, and happy-go-lucky.
Reeve
Squire
Plowman
Pardoner
25
He has been in many battles. He was true and gentle. Who is he?
The Merchant
Sergeant of the Law
The Yeoman
The Knight
26
Originally, how many tales were supposed to have been written?
24
30
60
120
27
Who did the narrator meet at the Tabard Inn?
Archbishopof Canterbury
29 pilgrims
St.Thomas Becket
Kingof England
28
This pilgrim was truly Christ-like; patient, giving, and practiced what he preached.
Monk
Pardoner
Friar
Parson
29
Who wrote The Canterbury Tales?
William Shakespeare
Geoffrey Chaucer
Unknown poet
John Milton
30
In what month does the pilgrimage begin?
August
November
January
April
31
In “The Pardoner’s Tale,” how is it that the three rioters eventually find Death?
Their greed overtakes them and they kill one another.
Death is sitting in the corner of the tavern.
A tree falls on them and they all die.
old man introduces the 3 friends to Death because he's Death’s accomplice.
32
When were
The Canterbury Tales
written?
1380, or fourteenth century
1430, or fifteenth century
470, or fifth century
1170, or twelfth century
33
In the Wife of Bath's Tale, a lusty knight is walking through the woods and he ____ a maiden.
befriends
murders
rapes
falls in love and proposes to
34
What plan did the two other youths make to kill the one when he returned from town?
They would set him on fire.
They would cut off his head while he slept.
They would ambush him and tie him up.
One would distract him and the other would stab him.
35
What is the Pardoner's maxim?
Greed is a necessary evil.
"Money is the root of all evil.
Every man falls short of the glory of God.
You will reap what you sow.
36
What agreement did the three rioters make at the tavern?
Agreed to go with the Pardoner and earn money for church.
Agreed to stop all sin within a hundred miles of the tavern.
Agreed to hunt down Death.
Agree to stop rioting if the Pardoner could find them wives.
37
Canterbury Tales is famous for being
both A and B
a frame story
a great novel
written in Latin
