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12th Grade Midterm I: Canterbury Tales Review
12th Grade Midterm I: Canterbury Tales Review
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1
The Pardoner’s maxim is “Radix malorum est cupiditas,” meaning…?
The love of money is the root of all evil.
He does not preach; he merely collects money for pardoning sins.
Man’s fate is already determined.
Money is good.
2
Who did the narrator meet at the Tabard Inn?
Archbishopof Canterbury
29 pilgrims
Kingof England
St.Thomas Becket
3
Why did one friend leave the hill to go in to town?
He went to provide an alibi for the others.
He went to buy bread and wine to enjoy while they wait.
He went to scout for robbers.
He went to buy a horse to carry the load.
4
When were
The Canterbury Tales
written?
1430, or fifteenth century
1170, or twelfth century
470, or fifth century
1380, or fourteenth century
5
In “The Pardoner’s Tale,” how is it that the three rioters eventually find Death?
Death is sitting in the corner of the tavern.
A tree falls on them and they all die.
Their greed overtakes them and they kill one another.
old man introduces the 3 friends to Death because he's Death’s accomplice.
6
Why was everyone at The Tabard Inn?
waitingfor the King's soldiers to come and escort them
tocelebrate the baptism of the King's youngest son
ontheir way making a pilgrimage to Canterbury
recuperating from the Bubonic plague
7
Why was one youth sent to town?
He went to buy a horse to carry the load.
He went to provide an alibi for the others
to buy food & drink so they would have something to eat while waiting
He went to scout for robbers.
8
Who is honored in the Canterbury Cathedral?
St. Patrick
St. Augustine
St. Francis
St. Thomas a Becket
9
She spoke French, was dainty and pleasant, and the picture of medieval beauty.
Prioress Nun
Wife of Bath
Weaver
Cook
10
What is the literary term for when a reader knows more than the characters do?
Verbal irony
Situational irony
Dramatic irony
All of the above
11
What is the debt the old woman claims the knight owes her? The knight has to...
to marry the woman he originally raped.
pay her a large sum of money.
marry her.
take her to her homeland safely.
12
What does the Queen ask the Knight?
Who is your father?
Who created Heaven and Earth?
Why did you commit rape?
What do women want most?
13
the reader knows that the youngest rioter carries poisoned wine, but the two rioters who murder him do not.
Situational irony
All of the above
Dramatic irony
Verbal irony
14
This pilgrim sang, had long, yellow hair, and carried a bunch of false relics to sell.
The Summoner
The Prioress Nun
The Friar
The Pardoner
15
This pilgrim wore a wide hat and lots of makeup and had been married five times.
The Wife of Bath
The Host
The Shipman
The Cook
16
What is the theme of the Wife of Bath's tale?
Women never know exactly what they want.
Sometimes wisdom comes in unattractive packages.
Knights cannot be trusted.
Men should always submit to their wives.
17
He has been in many battles. He was true and gentle. Who is he?
The Knight
The Yeoman
The Merchant
Sergeant of the Law
18
His name was Harry Bailey. He was manly, good-natured, and happy.
The Shipman
The Knight
The Franklin
The Host
19
Which pilgrim's tale is told first?
The Knight
The Miller
The Pardoner
The Wife of Bath
20
He was the son of the Knight, in his twenties, agile, strong, and happy-go-lucky.
Pardoner
Reeve
Squire
Plowman
21
In the Wife of Bath's Tale, a lusty knight is walking through the woods and he ____ a maiden.
befriends
rapes
falls in love and proposes to
murders
22
This pilgrim was truly Christ-like; patient, giving, and practiced what he preached.
Friar
Pardoner
Monk
Parson
23
In what month does the pilgrimage begin?
April
August
November
January
24
What is the Pardoner's maxim?
"Money is the root of all evil.
Every man falls short of the glory of God.
You will reap what you sow.
Greed is a necessary evil.
25
A short anecdote or story that illustrates a particular moral point is a
satire
frame tale
exemplum
metaphor
26
Who wrote The Canterbury Tales?
Unknown poet
Geoffrey Chaucer
William Shakespeare
John Milton
27
What is the result of the knight’s decision to let his old wife decide their fate?
She turns into a beautiful young woman and is eventually unfaithful to him.
He escapes his marriage to the old woman,saying she is unfaithful.
He remains married to the old woman and eventually appreciates her.
She turns into a beautiful young woman who promises to be faithful.
28
What plan did the one who went to town make to kill the two others when he got back?
He had hired two thugs to kill them as they brought the treasure home.
He was going to stab them while they slept.
He was going to let the horse trample them.
He was going to poison them.
29
What did the 3 friends find under the tree?
They found three beautiful women waiting for them.
They found jewelry and golden swords.
They found eight bushels of gold.
They found a bag full of jewels.
30
Canterbury Tales is famous for being
a frame story
both A and B
written in Latin
a great novel
31
What event or cause brings all of the characters together?
going on a pilgrimage to see the shrine of St. Thomas Becket.
gathered to travel to London to witness the christening of the King’s son.
visit a spring that was supposed to have miraculous healing powers.
gathered to mourn the loss of St. Thomas a Becket &attend his canonization.
32
What agreement did the three rioters make at the tavern?
Agreed to stop all sin within a hundred miles of the tavern.
Agree to stop rioting if the Pardoner could find them wives.
Agreed to go with the Pardoner and earn money for church.
Agreed to hunt down Death.
33
The old hag teaches the knight
that her age, class, and looks are benefits to him
how to be good in bed
how to win another girl's heart
to respect all women in his social class
34
Originally, how many tales were supposed to have been written?
30
60
24
120
35
What plan did the two other youths make to kill the one when he returned from town?
They would set him on fire.
One would distract him and the other would stab him.
They would ambush him and tie him up.
They would cut off his head while he slept.
36
He was hideous and smelly with whelks on his face, children ran from him.
Knight
Summoner
Pardoner
Cook
37
Which literary device best describes how the pardoner absolves people of avarice?
irony
foreshadowing
metaphor
onomatopoeia
