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- 1.The Canterbury Tales begins in...
- A.
The Tabard Inn
- B.
The English Countryside
- C.
The Knight's Castle
- D.
Canterbury
- 2.The Canterbury Tales were originally written in...
- A.
Old English
- B.
Middle English
- C.
Modern English
- D.
German
- 3.The first traveller to tell his or her tale is...
- A.
The Miller
- B.
The Nun
- C.
The Pardoner
- D.
The Knight
- 4.Who is the narrator of the story?
- A.
Chaucer
- B.
The Knight
- C.
The owner of the Inn
- D.
Douglass
- 5.Who wrote The Canterbury Tales?
- A.
William Shakespeare
- B.
Geoffrey Chaucer
- C.
William Langland
- D.
John Gower
- 6.A story that connects small stories together is called a(n):
- A.
Frame
- B.
Moral
- C.
Epic
- D.
Narrative
- 7.The Canterbury Tales were originally written in
- A.
French
- B.
German
- C.
Latin
- D.
Middle English
- 8.Which pilgrim preaches that "Love of money is the root of all evil?"
- 9.A prologue is a(n)
- A.
Conclusion
- B.
Prayer
- C.
Rhyme
- D.
Introduction
- 10.The Canterbury Tales begins in
- A.
The English countryside
- B.
The knight's castle
- C.
The Tabard Inn
- D.
Canterbury Cathedral
- 11.Whose shrine are the pilgrims going to visit?
- 12.In "The Pardoner's Tale," who tells the three rioters where they can find Death?
- A.
The bartender
- B.
The priest
- C.
An old man
- D.
Their friend
- 13.What do the rioters first find under the large oak tree?
- A.
A pile of gold
- B.
Death
- C.
An old man
- D.
Poison
- 14.The Pardoner can't help being
- A.
Sorry for his actions
- B.
Lazy
- C.
Greedy
- D.
Friendly
- 15.The narrator of "The Prologue" uses this literary device, often saying the opposite of what he really means.
- A.
Alliteration
- B.
Metaphor
- C.
Rhyme
- D.
Irony
- 16.When a writer develops a character's personality and physical appearance, he or she is using
- A.
Personification
- B.
Irony
- C.
Tone
- D.
Characterization
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