Chaucer, The Prologue And The Pardoner's Tle
Multiple Choice ,testing student's knowledge on Chaucer and Canterbury Tales
- 1.Chaucer lived in the
- A.
7th century
- B.
14th century
- C.
18th century
- D.
10th century
- 2.During his life England was at war with
- A.
France
- B.
Europe
- C.
The Vikings
- D.
Spain and Italy
- 3.Chaucer's primary career was
- A.
Writing
- B.
Attendant to the Queen
- C.
Politics and diplomacy
- D.
Soldier
- 4.The Canterbury Tales is about ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
- 5.There are ____________ characters in the story
- A.
12
- B.
26
- C.
15
- D.
29
- 6.The tone of this narrative poem is _______________________
- 7.Irony means
- A.
Resembling two things or people
- B.
Giving human qualities to objects
- C.
Consonants at the beginning of each word
- D.
A contrast between what's expected and what's real
- 8.Canterbury Tales is a(n)
- A.
Narrative poem
- B.
Epic story
- C.
Lyrical story
- D.
Myth
- 9.The Pardoner's tale is a ______________
- 10.The Pardoner's character and he story he tells is ______________________
- 11.Foreshadowing means
- A.
Giving clues about what's going to happen next
- B.
Comparing and contrasting two characters
- C.
Emphasizing what's wrong in human behavior
- D.
Thematic link
- 12.An allegorical figure
- A.
Is usually a hero
- B.
Tells moral tales
- C.
Is a concept representing evil
- D.
Represents an abstract concept
- 13.The Cantebury Tales is a frame story because______________________________
- 14.The main idea of the Pardoner's tale is
- A.
Money is the root of all evil
- B.
Friendship means loyalty
- C.
Greed is a universal human weakness
- D.
Death is inevitable
- 15."......and suddenly the man was slain, Upon his bench,face up, dead drunk again.There came a privy thief,they call him Death,Who kills us all round here, and in a breathHe speared him through the hear.................."The figure of speech in these lines is _____________________________.
- 16."Do no more harm to an old man than you,Being now young,would have another doWhen you are old- if you should live till then"What kind of figure of speech do you find in these lines?
- A.
Simile
- B.
Metaphor
- C.
Verbal irony
- D.
Alletiration
- 17.The purpose of the Pardoner to tell a moral story to the pilgrims is to
- A.
Make them aware that he doesn't really care about his job
- B.
Make them fearful of dying before having their sins forgiven
- C.
Give them a message that money is the root of all evil
- D.
Let them know that he's not evil at all
- 18.Determine if each pair of these words are synonyms or antonyms;agility - clumsiness
- A.
Synonym
- B.
Antonym
- 19.Dilligent - lazy
- A.
Synonym
- B.
Antonym
- 20.Courtliness - elegance
- A.
Synonym
- B.
Antonym
- 21.Accrue - accumulate
- A.
Synonym
- B.
Antonym
- 22.Sedately - frantically
- A.
Synonym
- B.
Antonym
- 23.Indicate whether each statement is True or FalseGuests at the inn most likely ordered vermin for dinner.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 24.Someone who counts his or her money all the time may be guilty of avarice.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 25.Giving money away is a sign of covetousness.
- A.
True
- B.
False
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