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