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Review of #CanterburyTales for Unit Exam
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How does the Wife of Bath get the upper hand in this marriage?
She hires thugs to rough him up, so he signs rights to her
She kills him
She plays dead and tricks him into giving her the property
She sues him and is granted the rights to her property
2
How does Absalom get revenge?
He stabs Nicholas with a hot poker
He tells the carpenter about Nicholas and Allison
He stabs Allison with a hot poker
He bans Allison from attending church
3
What is irony?
The opposite of what is expected
A reference to something outside the story
An understatement expressed with a negative
Making fun of human stupidity
4
What prank does Alison play on Absalom?
She makes him kiss her goat’s lips
She makes him kiss Nicholas
She makes him kiss her lips
She makes him kiss her butt
5
What is an allusion?
A reference outside of the literary work
The opposite of what is expected
An understatement expressed with a negative
Making fun of human foolishenss
6
Which best describes the Wife of Bath’s personality?
poor, religious, prudish
modest, soft-spoken, innocent
corrupt, greedy, dim-witted
well-traveled, sexualized, out-spoken
7
What is a fabliau?
A short, comic, raunchy story
A religious story
Courtly love story
A morality story
8
Type of irony: Her fourth husband cheats on her, so she lets him think she is cheating on him
Situational
Verbal
Dramatic
9
In what way were her fourth and fifth husbands different from the first three?
They were old and rich
They treated her as an equal
They were young and handsome
They had a lot of money
10
Which of the following is NOT a difference between Middle English and Present Day English?
Nouns have endings that don’t happen in Modern English
Verbs have different endings, such as –eth, -est, -en
Vowels are different because of the Great Vowel Shift
Use of different pronouns, such as hem and hir
11
What does she argue that women want?
A nice house
Freedom
An easy life
Sex
12
Which of the following is an allusion to the Bible in “The Miller’s Tale”?
Nicholas seducing Allison
The carpenter and his wife
The tower of babel because Middle English is so difficult
A wise and witty clergyman
13
Which pilgrim is associated with the middle class?
The Nun
The Knight
The Miller
The Pardoner
14
What does
Radix malorum est cupiditas
mean?
Love conquers all
The love of money is the root of all evil
Cupid strikes the unsuspecting
Seize the day
15
What is the youngest rioter’s plan for the other two rioters?
He is going to poison them and take all the money
He is going to make sure he gets his third and isn’t cheated
He is going to find Death and make him kill the others
He is going to slit their throats and take all the money
16
What do they accuse the old man of?
Hiding the money
Being Death
Lying about knowing where death is
Killing their friend
17
What is Chaucer satirizing in The Miller’s Tale?
The nobility
The government
The church
Marriage
18
What is a frame story?
A religious story
A romance about court life
A short, raunchy, comic story
A story within a story
19
What is Nicholas’s plan to be with Allison?
He will make the carpenter think it is Absalom
He will take her by force
He will kill the carpenter and then marry Allison
He tells the carpenter that a flood is coming
20
What weaknesses within the Church does the clergy represent?
wrath
holiness
corruption
kindness
21
Which biblical person does she allude to when she explains why she has married so many times?
Jesus
King Solomon
Joseph
Adam
22
What class was Chaucer born into?
Cleric
Peasant
Noble
Middle
23
What is litotes?
Making fun of human foolishness
An understatement expressed with a negative
A reference to something outside the work
The opposite of what is expected
24
Who is Nicholas?
Allison's husband
A student boarding at Allison's house
A religious clerk in love with Allison
A random guy from town
25
Type of irony: She loves her fifth husband the best even though he treats her the worst
Situational
Dramatic
Verbal
26
How many pilgrims are making the journey to Canterbury?
20
40
30
10
27
What was the first book to be printed in England?
The Bible
Beowulf
The Canterbury Tales
Romeo and Juliet
28
Which best summarizes the events that occurred after the youngest rioter returned to the tree?
The others kill the youngest and drink the poisoned wine
The two drink the poison and the youngest gets all the money
Death meets them at the tree and kills all three of them
He forgets he poisoned the wine and drinks it and dies
29
What sin does the Pardoner admit to being guilty of?
Anger
Greed
Sloth
Lust
30
What is the Wife's "philosophy" of marriage?
God create sex to be fun and people should do it often
Sex should only be done to make children
A woman should always give everything she owns to a man
A woman’s place is in the home
31
Why does the Pardoner end his tale by emphasizing that death may claim them at any moment?
He is crazy and thinks Death is a real person
He has lost many friends to the Black Death
He is a holy man and is nervous for their souls
He wants to scare them so they will buy more pardons
32
Why does the Miller oppose authority and hierarchy?
He is an anarchist
He is really a woman who has no legal power
He has no power to make laws
He was arrested and is bitter about it
33
At what age was the Wife of Bath first married?
15
12
10
13
34
Why are all these people going to Canterbury?
To visit the shrine of Thomas Becket
To visit the shrine of Thomas Becket
They were bored
It was Spring break and that was the party place
35
What are the financial reasons that the Wife of Bath has to remarry?
She was greedy and just wanted more land and titles
She didn’t have a job, so she needed someone to support her
She had to remarry to retain her property
She was too young to manage her own property and finances
36
The story is a parody of whose story?
The Knight
The Squire
The Pardoner
The Nun
37
Why do the rioters want to kill death in “The Pardoner’s Tale”?
Death attacked them
They were drunk
They were greedy
Death killed their friend
38
What’s ironic about the rioter’s attitude toward Death?
Death is their friend
They are already dead
Death can’t be killed
Death won’t bring their friend back to life
39
What type of book does the 5
th
husband read?
A book on how to make more money
The Canterbury Tales
The Bible
A book about how evil women are
40
What is satire?
An understatement expressed with a negative
A reference to something outside the work
The opposite of what is expected
Making fun of human foolishness
41
What is the Pardoner’s job?
to make decisions for the pope
to perform mass for those who can’t get to church
to sell forgiveness
to help people live a more Christian life
42
What is the significance of the Pardoner’s story taking place in the time of The Black Death?
That was the only reason people were dying
It gave a reason to have Death be a character in his story
Life was fragile and a person could die at any time
It was the Pardoner’s favorite time of year
43
What type of story is The Miller’s Tale?
Fabliau
Courtly- love
Religious
Morality story
44
What Italian author inspired Chaucer to write
The Canterbury Tales
?
Dante
Umberto Eco
Shakespeare
Boccaccio
