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.

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

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

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

4. What do the Canon and the Yeoman do?
(a) They are alchemists.
(b) They sell fabric.
(c) They beg for whatever they get.
(d) The sing.

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

6. Who decrees Cecilia a saint after her death?
(a) Pope Urban.
(b) Pope John Paul II.
(c) Pope Benedict XVI.
(d) Pope Leo.

7. What does the Host do after the Prioress's Tale?
(a) He stops the pilgrims for a rest.
(b) He asks the Yeoman for a comedic tale.
(c) He admonishes the Prioress for such a sad tale.
(d) He tells jokes.

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

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

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

11. Who tells the Tale of Melibee?
(a) Chaucer.
(b) The Host.
(c) The speaker is not known.
(d) The Narrator.

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

13. What happens to Sophia in the end of the Tale of Melibee?
(a) She lives out her days in the woods.
(b) She is killed.
(c) It is not known.
(d) She marries one of the burglars.

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

15. Who does Cecilia warn her new husband about?
(a) Tiburse.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her guardian angel.
(d) Valerian.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Cecilia forced to marry?

2. Who does the Host discover sleeping in his saddle?

3. Who is the focus of the Shipman's Tale?

4. What kind of tale does the Monk tell?

5. Who interrupts the Tale of Sir Topas?

(see the answer keys)

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