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Canterbury Tales review
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1
This pilgrim wore a wide hat and had been married five times.
The Cook
The Host
The Shipman
The Wife of Bath
2
He has been in many battles. He was true and gentle. Who is he?
The Merchant
Sergeant of the Law
The Knight
The Yeoman
3
She spoke French, was dainty and pleasant, and the picture of medieval beauty.
Wife of Bath
Cook
Prioress Nun
Weaver
4
His name was Harry Bailey. He was manly, good-natured, and happy.
The Shipman
The Franklin
The Knight
The Host
5
He was hideous and smelly with whelks on his face, children ran from him.
Cook
Summoner
Pardoner
Knight
6
What agreement did the three rioters make at the tavern?
Agreed to hunt down Death.
Agreed to stop all sin within a hundred miles of the tavern.
Agreed to go with the Pardoner and earn money for church.
Agree to stop rioting if the Pardoner could find them wives.
7
What plan did the two other youths make to kill the one when he returned from town?
One would distract him and the other would stab him.
They would ambush him and tie him up.
They would cut off his head while he slept.
They would set him on fire.
8
What did the 3 friends find under the tree?
They found eight bushels of gold.
They found jewelry and golden swords.
They found a bag full of jewels.
They found three beautiful women waiting for them.
9
Who is honored in the Canterbury Cathedral?
St. Francis
St. Patrick
St. Augustine
St. Thomas a Becket
10
Originally, how many tales were supposed to have been written?
30
120
24
60
11
Why was everyone at The Tabard Inn?
waitingfor the King's soldiers to come and escort them
recuperating from the Bubonic plague
ontheir way making a pilgrimage to Canterbury
tocelebrate the baptism of the King's youngest son
12
This pilgrim was truly Christ-like; patient, giving, and practiced what he preached.
Friar
Pardoner
Parson
Monk
13
In the Wife of Bath's Tale, a lusty knight is walking through the woods and he ____ a maiden.
murders
falls in love and proposes to
rapes
befriends
14
What is the Pardoner's maxim?
Every man falls short of the glory of God.
"Money is the root of all evil.
You will reap what you sow.
Greed is a necessary evil.
15
He was the son of the Knight, in his twenties, agile, strong, and happy-go-lucky.
Plowman
Pardoner
Reeve
Squire
16
Canterbury Tales is famous for being
a frame story
a great novel
written in Latin
both A and B
17
Who wrote The Canterbury Tales?
William Shakespeare
John Milton
Unknown poet
Geoffrey Chaucer
18
What does the Queen ask the Knight?
Why did you commit rape?
Who created Heaven and Earth?
What do women want most?
Who is your father?
19
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
20
Which literary device best describes how the pardoner absolves people of avarice?
onomatopoeia
metaphor
foreshadowing
irony
21
What is the debt the old woman claims the knight owes her? The knight has to...
take her to her homeland safely.
pay her a large sum of money.
marry her.
to marry the woman he originally raped.
22
The old hag teaches the knight
how to win another girl's heart
to respect all women in his social class
how to be good in bed
that her age, class, and looks are benefits to him
23
A short anecdote or story that illustrates a particular moral point is a
metaphor
frame tale
exemplum
satire
24
What is the theme of the Wife of Bath's tale?
Knights cannot be trusted.
Women never know exactly what they want.
Men should always submit to their wives.
Sometimes wisdom comes in unattractive packages.
25
Why did one friend leave the hill to go in to town?
He went to scout for robbers.
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 provide an alibi for the others.
26
What is the literary term for when a reader knows more than the characters do?
Dramatic irony
All of the above
Situational irony
Verbal irony
27
Who did the narrator meet at the Tabard Inn?
Archbishopof Canterbury
29 pilgrims
St.Thomas Becket
Kingof England
28
Which pilgrim's tale is told first?
The Pardoner
The Knight
The Wife of Bath
The Miller
29
In what month does the pilgrimage begin?
November
January
August
April
