The Canterbury Tales Test | Final Test - Easy

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The Canterbury Tales Test | Final Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 116 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the focus of the Shipman's Tale?
(a) A shipman.
(b) A merchant.
(c) A knight.
(d) A nun.

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

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

4. Who interrupts the Monk's Tale?
(a) The Nun's Priest.
(b) The Parson.
(c) The Host.
(d) The Knight.

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

6. How much money does the merchant's wife ask for?
(a) A hundred francs.
(b) Fifty francs.
(c) Seventy-five francs.
(d) Two hundred francs.

7. What is Appius's profession?
(a) He is a merchant.
(b) He is a knight.
(c) He is a judge.
(d) He works for the church.

8. How does the youngest of the men find Death?
(a) He doesn't find Death.
(b) He trades his life with the wandering man.
(c) He is poisoned.
(d) He is stabbed.

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

10. How does Chanticleer escape his captor?
(a) By singing him to sleep.
(b) He doesn't escape.
(c) Through patience.
(d) By tricking him.

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

12. What comparison does the Parson use for life?
(a) He says life is a pilgrimage.
(b) He says life is a tale.
(c) He says life is an ocean.
(d) He says life is a dinner party.

13. Who asks the Parson to tell a story?
(a) The Prioress.
(b) The Host.
(c) The Second Nun.
(d) The Pardoner.

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

15. How many wives does Chanticleer have?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Seven.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells the Tale of Sir Topas?

2. What books are retracted at the end of The Canterbury Tales?

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

4. Where does the Tale of Sir Topas begin?

5. What does the Prioress offer in her prologue?

(see the answer keys)

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