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The Middle Ages Brit Lit Quiz
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Middle Ages history, The Canterbury Tales, prologue, wife of bath, pardoner's tale
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1
At the beginning of the tale, the three men are sitting at a:
town meeting
tavern
church
school
2
In The Prologue of the Pardoner's Tale, the pardoner:
kisses the wife of Bath
asks for forgiveness
crys when remembering a starving child
admits he is corrupt
3
The irony at the end of this tale is that the pardoner:
cries and asks for forgiveness
eats chocolate cake
tried to sell the pilgrims pardons
seduces the wife of Bath
4
The dominant metrical verse of The Canterbury Tales is
free verse
Greek tetrameter
iambic pentamater
blank verse
5
What time of year does this story take place?
summer
fall
spring
winter
6
All of these, except for which one, led to the end of Norman rule in England?
The Hundred Years War
growth of cities
The Black Plague
the take over of England by William the Conqueror
7
What year did the author begin to write The Canterbury Tales?
1400
2019
1387
1375
8
The two rioters under the tree:
attack the old man
pass out drunk
none of these
plot to kill their friend
9
The wife of Bath is:
educated
faithful to her husband
from the holy lands
shy
10
The Magna Carta is:
a listing of taxable property in England
a war fought in the holy lands
a famous warship
a treaty that became the basis for English constitutional law
11
What type of literature evolved from the courtly love tradition of feudalism?
ballads
chivalry
romance
iambic pentameter
12
The process by which writers reveal the personality of a person in the story is called:
alliteration
characterization
rhyming couplets
framing
13
The Wife of Bath has been married how many times?
3
5
9
7
14
Where do all the pilgrims meet?
Tuesday
Taco Bell
Tabard
Tornado
15
These three men swore:
to steal money from the poor
to drink until they pass out
to kill anyone who gets in their way
to find death and kill it
16
The old man in this tale represents:
wealth
old age
being lost
wisdom and death
17
The young man decides to:
find the old man and kill him
sing a happy tale
poison his friends
get married
18
The author of The Canterbury Tales lived from
1343-1400
1300-1378
1564-1616
1375-1450
19
England gained all of these, except for which one, from the Crusades?
interest in mathematics
interest in astronomy
control of Jerusalem
knowledge of architecture
20
According to the wife, the thing all women want is:
jewels
love
money
sovereignty
21
Which detail is least directly connected to characterization?
appearance
chronology
dress
behavior
22
Who was William the Conqueror?
son of a Norman priest
the last Viking king of England
an illegitimate son of the Duke of Normandy
a Christian martyr
23
The Canterbury Tales is what kind of story?
Cautionary tale
Fairy Tale
Iambic Pentameter
Frame
24
Feudalism is:
a caste system based on the hierarchy of overlords, vassals and serfs
a governmental system King Harold established in England
the divine right of kings
a record of taxes owed
25
Which of the following quotations from The Prologue is the
best
example of imagery?
"He'd seen some service with the cavalry."
"In fifteen mortal battles he had been..."
"Thinly they fell, like rat-tails, one by one."
"Just home from service, he had joined the ranks."
26
Chaucer's characterization:
is based on dialogue rather than action
uses the same basic techniques writers use today
never shows the reader what the character is feeling
shows the characters as basic types rather than believable individuals
27
Who wrote the Canterbury Tales?
Chaucer
Shakespeare
Faulkner
Bart Simpson
28
The pilgrims are going where?
the healing waters
to meet the pardoner
Church
Becket's shrine
29
The death spoken of in his tale is:
black plague
none of these
starvation
drunkenness
30
The pardoner's tale was a lesson on:
love
avarice
forgiveness
death
31
How many characters were there?
50
129
24
30
32
Why did the young man leave the tree and go to town?
to get a wheelbarrow to carry the coins
to go home and get some rest
to get bread and wine
to get a friend to help them
33
At the beginning of The Wife of Bath's tale, a knight:
seduces Guinevere
pleads with King Arthur
begs for forgiveness
rapes a young maiden
34
What is the name of the legendary King of Camelot who is romanticized in stories such as Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
King Henry
King Arthur
King James
King William
35
According to the beliefs of medieval England, kings were given the power and authority to rule by God called:
Holy Writ
the Magna Carta
the Divine Right
personification
36
What did the three men find under the tree?
gold
cash
whiskey
spaghetti
37
The winner of the game gets what for a prize?
100 pounds of silver
none of these
dinner at the inn when they return
pardons for his sins
38
What was the first book to inventory all taxable property in England?
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
The Canterbury Tales
Domesday Book
Romances
39
Who proposes the contest/game?
Summoner
Wife of Bath
Chaucer
The Host
40
The author's main objective in The Prologue of the Canterbury Tales is to
teach the innkeeper a lesson about pride
introduce the cast of characters
describe the inn in London
reveal the narrator's thoughts
41
The men go to search for:
more liquor
card game to gamble
money
death
42
What language was spoken in England during the Medieval Period?
Late Modern English
Early Modern English
Old English
Middle English
43
Chaucer's use of satire causes him to ____________ the characters?
stereotype
religionize
fairly describe
make fun of all
