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 falls from his horse after the Yeoman's Tale?
(a) The Cook.
(b) The Parson.
(c) The Pardoner.
(d) The Manciple.

2. Who is Sir John?
(a) The knight's squire.
(b) A frequent guest of the shipman.
(c) A frequent guest of the nun.
(d) A frequent guest of the merchant.

3. Who directs the boy's mother to where his body has been cast in the Prioress's Tale?
(a) No one.
(b) One of the Jewish boys.
(c) Jesus.
(d) The Virgin Mary.

4. How does the Parson react when asked to tell a story?
(a) He is eager to tell a story.
(b) He asks if anyone else would like to tell a story first.
(c) He does not answer.
(d) He does not want to tell a story.

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

6. Why does Virginius kill Virginia?
(a) To keep her from killing him.
(b) He doesn't.
(c) So she will remain pure.
(d) Because she lied to him.

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

8. Who tells the Tale of Sir Topas?
(a) Chaucer.
(b) Sir Topas.
(c) The Host.
(d) The Manciple.

9. How do the other two men find Death?
(a) They are stabbed.
(b) They die of old age.
(c) They don't find Death.
(d) They are poisoned.

10. What happens to Appius at the end of the Physician's Tale?
(a) He is exiled.
(b) He flees.
(c) He is hanged.
(d) He is imprisoned.

11. Why does the boy in the Prioress's Tale want to learn the song he hears?
(a) To sing on Christmas.
(b) To show his mother he is learning something in school.
(c) To have something to do on his walk to school.
(d) To insult the Jewish boys.

12. Who does the Prioress praise in her prologue?
(a) God.
(b) The Virgin Mary.
(c) The Host.
(d) St. Thomas Beckett.

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

14. What does Claudius accuse Virginius of doing?
(a) Stealing his goats.
(b) Kidnapping his daughter.
(c) Killing his servant girl.
(d) Kidnapping his servant girl.

15. Who is Virginia?
(a) Virginius's wife.
(b) Virginius's daughter.
(c) Appius's daughter.
(d) Appius's wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who interrupts the Tale of Sir Topas?

2. How many times does the canon trick the priest?

3. What animal is Chanticleer?

4. Who is Cecilia forced to marry?

5. Who does Cecilia love?

(see the answer keys)

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