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Canterbury Tales: Prologue [Quiz #1]



Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

1. 

In the Prologue to The Canterbury Tales, the Parson’s brother is the
a.
Doctor.
b.
Knight.
c.
Plowman.
d.
Oxford Cleric.
 

2. 

The Canterbury Tales is structured as a
a.
parody.
b.
folk ballad.
c.
melodrama.
d.
frame story.
 

3. 

In the opening lines of “The Prologue” to The Canterbury Tales, the narrator
a.
criticizes chivalry.
b.
attacks the corruption in the Church.
c.
rejoices in the renewing cycle of life.
d.
establishes the ideal of the Renaissance man.
 

4. 

The narrator in “The Prologue” to The Canterbury Tales appears to be
a.
naive.
b.
irritable.
c.
immoral.
d.
anti-social.
 

5. 

In “The Prologue” to The Canterbury Tales, the pilgrim whose profession gives him “a special love of gold” is the
a.
Parson.
b.
Doctor.
c.
Summoner.
d.
Franklin.
 

6. 

In “The Prologue” to The Canterbury Tales, Chaucer’s characters are
a.
on a religious pilgrimage.
b.
part of a wedding party.
c.
in a riding club.
d.
on their way to the Holy Land.
 

7. 

Chaucer’s Wife of Bath is
a.
shy.
b.
patient.
c.
independent.
d.
humourless.
 

8. 

Immediately prior to joining the other pilgrims in Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tale, the Knight had
a.
been at court.
b.
gone to visit his rural estate.
c.
been engaged in battles overseas.
d.
bought new clothes for the pilgrimage.
 

9. 

In “The Prologue” to The Canterbury Tales, the pilgrim who neglects his religious duties in order to hunt is the
a.
Parson.
b.
Monk.
c.
Pardoner.
d.
Summoner.
 

10. 

In describing the Friar as “a noble pillar to his Order,” Chaucer uses
a.
epigram.
b.
irony.
c.
inversion.
d.
apostrophe.
 



 
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