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Canterbury Tales Part I
Canterbury Tales Part I
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Questions about background information and the first seven stanzas.
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1
Which of the following is FALSE about the Black Death?
It got its name from dark pustules of blood and pus.
People thought it came from God.
It killed a lot of people in the Middle Ages
It has been eradicated.
2
A tone is:
the attitude the author conveys about a subject.
the emotions readers feel when reading a text.
3
Cities like London and York were:
gaining power and wealth.
losing power and wealth.
4
Select the FALSE information about the Great Vowel Shift:
Contributed to English's linguistic oddities.
Resulted in a split in the English language.
Occurred the Middle Ages.
Changed the way English was pronounced.
5
A frame story is a:
lit. technique in which a character is framed for a crime.
lit. technique to introduce a set of stories within a story.
6
Thomas Becket was murdered because:
he had it coming to him.
he plotted a rebellion against King John.
as Archbishop, he argued for the church's power over state.
7
Chaucer describes the Yeoman as:
good hunter who cares about his weapons.
miserly man who doesn't take care of his weapons.
8
The War of the Roses was between:
very passionate florists.
the Protestants and the Catholics.
the Yorks and the Lancasters.
9
The Squire is described as:
a selfish young man who is overly concerned with court life.
a polite and energetic young man who is motivated by ladies.
10
Our class is reading "The Prologue" but the entire
Canterbury Tales
includes __________ tales.
120
36
24
11
What is
The Canterbury Tales
about?
A group of pilgrims travelling together to Canterbury.
A group of rebels going to destroy the church.
A group of actors travelling to the Globe.
12
The Canterbury Tales
is a form of:
instructional manual.
social commentary.
travel guide.
13
The Canterbury Tales
takes place during the:
Winter.
Fall.
Spring.
14
Who wrote
The Canterbury Tales
?
Geoffrey Chaucer
William Shakespeare.
J.K. Rowling
15
As penance for the death of Beckett, the Pope ordered:
the king's son Richard become a member of the clergy.
the king to complete 10 Hail Marys.
the king to crusade and recapture Jerusalem.
16
The narrator is:
one of the pilgrims.
Geoffrey Chaucer.
the host at the inn.
17
The Prioress is described as:
tenderhearted and generous, giving freely to the poor.
tenderhearted and concerned with her manners and clothing.
18
The Knight is described as:
an experienced campaigner, suffers from hubris, unkind.
an experienced campaigner, wise, and humble.
19
Chaucer's break in life came when he was a teen and placed as a ________ in a noble's house.
yeoman
steward
page
20
The Hundred Years War was between:
England and the Catholic Church.
England and Italy.
England and France.
21
The Tales
are written in the:
third-person perspective.
first-person perspective
22
Society was broken up into clear social classes:
Gentry, middle class, lower class (servants, slaves)
Clergy, nobles, knights, rising middle class, serfs
Upper class, middle class, underclass
23
During what time period does
The Canterbury Tales
take place?
Middle England
Modern England
Old England
24
During Chaucer's time period, most literature was written in:
Latin
English
French
25
The Magna Carta is:
a founding document of democracy.
an ancient Biblical text discovered in England.
an epic poem published by Geoffrey Chaucer.
