View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What kind of tale do the pilgrims ask the Pardoner to tell?
(a) One with a moral.
(b) A comedic one.
(c) One about faith.
(d) A vulgar one.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Second Nun warn against in her prologue?

2. Who is Cecilia forced to marry?

3. Who is Sir John?

4. Why does the Host use as many medical terms as he can when speaking to the Physician after his tale?

5. What does Claudius accuse Virginius of doing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is common in the books Chaucer retracts?

2. What is a possible reason Chaucer writes his retraction?

3. What does Chaucer suggest by saying the Tale of Sir Topas includes his best rhymes?

4. What is the purpose of the Canon's Yeoman's Prologue?

5. What is the significance of Virginia's name in the Physician's Tale?

6. What is the style of the Nun's Priest's Tale?

7. What is the lesson the Second Nun's Tale teaches women?

8. What kind of a man is Phoebus in the Manciple's Tale?

9. Why is it fitting that the tales end with something from Chaucer?

10. What is the parallel between the Prioress's Prologue and her Tale?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 604 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample