The Canterbury Tales Test | Final Test - Easy

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The Canterbury Tales Test | Final Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is injured in the Tale of Melibee?
(a) Chaucer.
(b) Alison.
(c) Everdeen.
(d) Sophia.

2. Who does the speaker of the Retraction ask to pray for him?
(a) Chaucer.
(b) The Host.
(c) The Pilgrims.
(d) Everyone.

3. What kind of tale does the Host want the Monk to tell?
(a) A happy tale.
(b) A tale of friendship.
(c) A tale of love.
(d) A tale of nobility.

4. Who does the canon in the Yeoman's Tale borrow a mark from?
(a) A priest.
(b) A yeoman.
(c) A merchant.
(d) A monk.

5. What is the tone of the Parson's Tale?
(a) Joyful.
(b) Formal.
(c) Light-hearted.
(d) Casual.

6. How many sins does the Parson say everyone must avoid?
(a) Seven.
(b) He does not address a set number of sins.
(c) Only envy, since all others derive from it.
(d) All of them.

7. What color are the crow's feathers after Phoebus replaces them?
(a) Black.
(b) Blue.
(c) White.
(d) Red.

8. What kind of tale does the Monk tell?
(a) Happy.
(b) Tragic.
(c) Comdeic.
(d) Religious.

9. How much of the town in the Prioress's Tale is Jewish?
(a) Nearly 75%.
(b) About 25%.
(c) Less than 10%.
(d) About 50%.

10. What is Phoebus' vice?
(a) Gluttony.
(b) Vanity.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Anger.

11. How does the merchant's wife offer to repay her loan?
(a) By leaving the merchant.
(b) With love.
(c) In bed.
(d) By doing one favor at any time.

12. Why does the Canon leave the group?
(a) He is ashamed.
(b) He no longer wants to hear the pilgrims' stories.
(c) He is late for an appointment.
(d) He doesn't leave the group.

13. Who does Cecilia love?
(a) The Virgin Mary.
(b) Valerian.
(c) Her father.
(d) Tiburse.

14. Where does the Manciple's Tale begin?
(a) Canterbury.
(b) A faraway land.
(c) The forest.
(d) Egypt.

15. What does the Parson tell as his “story”?
(a) A sermon.
(b) Nothing; he does not tell a tale.
(c) A song.
(d) A saint's life.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the Prioress's Tale take place?

2. What does the Host do after the Prioress's Tale?

3. Who tells the Tale of Sir Topas?

4. Why does Virginius kill Virginia?

5. What animal tricks Chanticleer?

(see the answer keys)

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