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- 1. Multiple Choice
Who loves a cake in Wine?
Franklin
Knight
Yeoman
Wine Merchant
- 2. Multiple Choice
Who has had five husbands?
Prioress
Wife of Bath
Squire
Haberdasher
- 3. Multiple Choice
Who plays the bagpipes?
Friar
Knight
Miller
Parson
- 4. Multiple Choice
Little children feared his face
Franklin
Monk
Summoner
Pardoner
- 5. Multiple Choice
Inn where the pilgrims met
Host
Bailly
Cook
Tabard
- 6. Multiple Choice
Host who comes up with the idea to tell stories
Oxford Student
Bailly
Squire
Knight
- 7. Multiple Choice
Gave pocket knives to the pretty girls
Friar
Squire
Skipper
Summoner
- 8. Multiple Choice
His friends gave him money
Oxford Student
Monk
Yeoman
Haberdasher
- 9. Multiple Choice
He had been in many battles and was a gentleman
Skipper
Yeoman
Squire
Knight
- 10. Multiple Choice
He was one of the Guildsmen
Parson
Haberdasher
Miller
Knight
- 11. Multiple Choice
Was full of virtue (holy)
Parson
Monk
Prioress
Pardoner
- 12. Multiple Choice
Is twenty (20) years old
Squire
Knight
Oxford student
Cook
- 13. Multiple Choice
Enjoyed hunting with greyhounds
Yeoman
Plowman
Monk
Squire
- 14. Multiple Choice
Chaucer's father
Wine merchant
Knight
Squire
Bailly
- 15. Multiple Choice
Nun in charge
Prioress
Wife of Bath
Monk
Summoner
- 16. Multiple Choice
Captain of a ship. Would make the enemy walk the plank.
Wine Merchant
Knight
Squire
Skipper
- 17. Multiple Choice
Wore a coat and hood of green, had a "head like a nut"
Miller
Haberdasher
Yeoman
Monk
- 18. Multiple Choice
Had an ulcer on his knee
Cook
Summoner
Franklin
Friar
- 19. Multiple Choice
During which month does the pilgrims go on this journey?
April
May
June
July
- 20. Multiple Choice
How many pilgrims were on the journey?
100
58
29
10
- 21. Multiple Choice
How many tales did the author write and complete?
24
48
29
58
- 22. Multiple Choice
The Canterbury Tales is structured as a
Frame Story
Flashback
Allegory
Exemplium
- 23. Multiple Choice
Which is NOT direct characterization?
"he was an honest worker..."
"...His mouth was like a furnace door."
"He wore a fustian tunic stained and dark..."
"Children were afraid when he appeared."
- 24. Multiple Choice
Is this Direct or Indirect Characterization:
"Her way of smiling was very simple and coy."
Direct
Indirect
- 25. Multiple Choice
Is this Direct or Indirect Characterization:
"Discreet he was, a man to reverence,"
Direct
Indirect
- 26. Multiple Choice
Is this Direct or Indirect Characterization:
"intoning through her nose, as was most seemly,"
Direct
Indirect
- 27. Multiple Choice
In standing by to carve meat for his father at the table, the young Squire is showing himself to be _____.
garnished
prevaricating
solicitous
sanguine
- 28. Multiple Choice
A sanguine person is usually
cautious
angry
cheerful
bored
- 29. Multiple Choice
Which word is most nearly the same in meaning as garnished?
tasted
said
caught
decorated
- 30. Multiple Choice
Which word is most nearly the same in meaning as prevarication?
sinning
lying
adultery
winning
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