Canterbury Tales revisited

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Canterbury Tales Revisited

The Vikings invaded England

1. Around 800
2. In 1066
3. In 450
4. Around the year 0

When was 'The Canterbury Tales' written?

1. 9th century
2. 14th century
3. 17th century
4. 13th century

The Canterbury Tales became popular...

1. because they were written in English.
2. after they had been translated to English.

The narrator in The Canterbury Tales ..... many words to describe the characters.

1. uses
2. doesn't use

Which of the following is not a reason the Canterbury Tales is so important?

1. It was written in English instead of French
2. It was about pilgrims instead of soldiers
3. It provides information about medieval society
4. It uses characters from all kinds of walks of life

Which Tale canNOT be found in the Canterbury Tales?

1. The Knight's Tale
2. The Greengrocer's Tale
3. The Summoner's Tale
4. The Wife of Bath's Tale

The Canterbury Tales are written in

1. Alliterative lines
2. Prose
3. Blank verse
4. Rhyme

What kind of story is The Canterbury Tales?

1. a romance
2. a link and frame story
3. a quest story
4. a story about courtly love

Who wrote The Canterbury Tales?

1. William Shakespeare
2. King Arthur
3. Geoffrey Chaucer
4. Harold of Godwinson

Who is the judge of the stories told by the pilgrims?

1. Chaucer (the pilgrim)
2. Chaucer (the writer)
3. The Host of the Inn
4. The Knight

Why are the pilgrims in The Canterbury Tales travelling to Canterbury?

1. To worship the relics of Saint Thomas Becket
2. To meet King Henry III
3. To visit as tourists
4. To see a medieval mystery play

Which language was used to write the Canterbury Tales?

1. Old English
2. Modern English
3. Norman French
4. Middle English

How many Canterbury Tales are there?

1. 80
2. 16
3. 24
4. 50

The 'Canterbury Tales' is a finished work.

1. True
2. False

The first Pilgrim to tell their story is

1. The Miller
2. The Host
3. The Knight
4. The cook

How is the Knight chosen as the first to tell his tale

1. He is highest in rank
2. By drawing lots
3. He happens to be riding next to the Host
4. He volunteers to go first

The Knight's Tale is typical of which genre?

1. courtly love
2. fabliau
3. Classical stories
4. Epic stories

In the Knight's Tale the following character does NOT appear

1. Hyppolyta
2. Arcite
3. Philostrate
4. Livia

In the Knight's Tale this god does NOT play a part

1. Saturn
2. Pluto
3. Hera
4. Diana

In the end Emily....

1. gets to choose her husband
2. has to marry Palamon
3. marries Arcite
4. remains a virgin, as she wished

Who is supposed to tell the next story, after the Knight?

1. The Monk
2. The Wife of Bath
3. The Knight's son, the Squire
4. The Miller

The Miller starts telling the story

1. After the Monk
2. After the Knight
3. while drunk
4. saying he will make fun of the Reeve

The Wife of Bath

1. Is the only female pilgrim
2. Was married five times
3. Tells a Tale about women who suffer in marriage
4. Dislikes sexual talk

The following is NOT a character in the Miller's Tale

1. John
2. Absolom
3. Nicholas
4. Rosalie

John is a

1. baker
2. carpenter
3. smith
4. student

John is

1. very skillful
2. very jealous
3. (very) old
4. very clever

Nicholas says he's had a vision about

1. A comet hitting planet earth
2. A flood
3. An earthquake
4. Alison

Who suffers most at the end of the Miller's Tale?

1. Alison
2. Nicholas
3. John
4. Absolom

People like the Canterbury Tales because of

1. the history lessons you get
2. the variation in characters and stories

The genre of the Miller's Tale is called

1. farce
2. Love triangle
3. fabliau
4. bawdy

A fabliau usually contains (a)

1. adultery
2. cradle-trick
3. violence
4. deceit

A cuckold is

1. A rooster, cock
2. A fraud
3. A man deceived by his wife
4. Somebody secuding someone else's wife