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Medieval Period: Canterbury Tales
Medieval Period: Canterbury Tales
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Prologue, Wife of Bath, Pardoner's Tale
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1
In the Pardoner's Tale, death is personified.
False
True
2
What time of year does this story take place?
fall
spring
winter
summer
3
At the beginning of the Wife of Bath's tale, a knight:
Intimately assaults a woman.
Seduces Guinevere.
Marries his long time love.
Fights with King Arthur.
4
Who wrote the Canterbury Tales?
William Shakespeare
Bart Simpson
Jeffrey Chaucer
William Faulkner
5
What trick does John in "The Miller's Tale" believe?
That he no longer needs to go to work.
That Absalon and Alison are having an affair.
That a second biblical flood is coming.
That there are rodents in the barn.
6
A pilgrimage is when people travel on a ship to a new land.
False
True
7
When the two rioters plan to kill the young rioter who plans to kill the other two is an example of what type of irony?
Situational irony
Verbal irony
Dramatic irony
It's not ironic.
8
What happens at the end of "The Wife of Bath's Tale"?
The old woman becomes beautiful and remains faithful to the knight.
None of the above
The old woman becomes beautiful and is not faithful to the knight.
The old woman remains old and ugly, but faithful to the knight.
9
The Wife of Bath has been married how many times?
5
3
7
9
10
The Pardoner's Tale was a lesson on:
Love
Forgiveness
Death
Greed
11
In the Pardoner's Tale, the three rioters are where?
At church
In a tavern
At a town meeting
At school
12
What crucial choice does the knight make in the Wife of Bath's Tale?
He gives his new wife the choice.
He wants an ugly, but faithful wife.
He decides to run away from his new wife.
He wants a beautiful, but unfaithful wife.
13
When one rioter leaves to get alcohol, the other two rioters under the tree:
Pass out drunk.
Plot to kill their friend.
Kill the old man.
None of these.
14
Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales" highlights the divide amongst the social classes through the introduction of Feudalism.
True
False
15
After the body of their friend passes, they go looking for:
Death
More alcohol
Money
A card game to gamble on
16
Where do all the pilgrims meet?
Canterbury Cathedral
Taco Bell
Stratford-upon-Avon
Tabard Inn
17
What plan did the three rioters make once they find the reward?
To find another to help them move the reward.
To split the reward three ways and go on their separate ways.
To go home and get some rest.
To stay until nighttime and divide the reward then.
18
In the prologue of the Pardoner's Tale, the pardoner:
Admits he is corrupt.
Married to the Wife of Bath.
Cries when he thinks about poverty.
Prays for forgiveness daily.
19
The Wife of Bath is:
Submissive
Dead
Devoted
Educated
20
The young man who left for alcohol decides to:
Go home.
Find the old man and kill him.
Dance with the maidens in the tavern.
Buy poison to kill the other men and keep the reward to himself.
21
According to the Wife of Bath, the thing all women want is:
Endless love
Sovereignty
Money
Jewelry
22
What did the three men find under the tree?
Whiskey
Cash
Women
Gold
23
What does Nicholas and Alison do to make Absalon leave in
The Miller's Tale
?
Nicholas puts his naked rear out the window and farts.
Kills him.
Shouts and screams at him.
Tells him to find out what women want most.
24
Who are the main characters in "The Miller's Tale"?
John, Alison, Nicholas, and Absalon
John, Paul, George, and Ringo
Robin, Oswald, Allison, and Harry
Absalon, Robin, Geoffrey, and Allison
25
Which best describes a framed narrative?
A collection of stories within an overarching story.
A story written in a circle.
A fairy tale that ends with "happily ever after".
A cautionary tale of the dangers of life.
26
Beowulf was written in Old English and Canterbury Tales was written in Middle English.
True
False
27
Who is injured by a fiery hot iron prod in the Miller's Tale?
Alisoun
Nicholas
Absolon
John
