Chaucer And The Canterbury Tales
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Hey, Highlanders. Test your knowledge of our next piece of literature so far!
- 1.What year was Chaucer born?
- A.
1325
- B.
1345
- C.
1435
- D.
1400
- 2.What type of writer was he?
- A.
A French novelist
- B.
A scientific reporter
- C.
An English novelist
- D.
An English poet
- 3.Which title is one in which Chaucer also wrote?
- A.
Troilus and Criseyde
- B.
Trevor and Christine
- C.
Persephone's Dream
- D.
The Odyssey
- 4.What is a pilgrimage?
- A.
When someone's home is ransacked and turned over from searching for something
- B.
A bonding between brothers and sisters after a death in the family
- C.
A journey, especially a long one, made to some sacred place as an act of religious devotion
- D.
A short journey on one's own, made to alleviate stress and anxiety
- 5.In history, the Canterbury Cathedral was the place where which one of the following incidents/events happened?
- A.
Thomas Becket, an Archbishop opposed to Henry II's policies on the church, was murdered there
- B.
The English Muffin was created and perfected for future profit
- C.
The Knights were ordained after long bouts of war
- D.
Canterbury laws and missions were planned and put to use in the church and society
- 6.The Canterbury Tales were originally written in...
- A.
Old English
- B.
Middle English
- C.
Modern English
- D.
German
- 7.Where would you find an introduction to the literature, or the part which gives an overview of all of the different tales told within The Canterbury Tales?
- A.
The Pardoner's Tale
- B.
The Knight's Tale
- C.
The Nun's Tale
- D.
The Prologue
- 8.What happens in The Canterbury Tales?
- A.
The pilgrims, who come from all layers of society, tell stories to each other to kill time while they travel to Canterbury
- B.
The pilgrims fight each other for land and religious ranking in society
- C.
The pilgrims travel to Canterbury to share a message of warning with fellow Christians about The Black Death
- D.
The pilgrims continue to share and pass on the tales of the mighty Beowulf
- 9.A frame tale or a frame story is a literary technique used for the purpose of setting the stage either for a more emphasized second narrative or for a set of shorter stories.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 10.The idea of The Three Estates is important to the social structure of the Middle Ages.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 11.Women were not categorized AT ALL within The Three Estates during the times of The Canterbury Tales.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 12.The Black Death was a worse plague than The Great Famine which preceded it and the disease was spread primarily by fleas and rats.
- A.
True
- B.
False
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