How much do you know about The Canterbury Tales? Take this 'The Canterbury Tales MCQ quiz' and check your knowledge for the same. The Canterbury Tales is a collection that has twenty-four stories that run to over 17,000 lines, and it is written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer between 1387 and 1400. It is widely considered and regarded as Chaucer's magnum opus. So, let's test your knowledge on the same with these interesting questions!
14
22
26
29
14
20
24
35
Treaty of Bretigny
Death of Edward III
The invention of the printing press
The Peasant’s Revolt
He was a diplomat
He died in 1410
He was the only son of a London wine-merchant
He was a translator
The Six-Day War
The Bulgarian-Ottoman War
The Scottish War of Independence
The Hundred Years’ War
Humanism
Aestheticism
Expressionism
Transcendentalism
Dante Alighieri
Francesco Petrarca
Pietro Bembo
Giovanni Boccaccio
Troilus and Chrisalida
Trollus and Cressida
Traldus and Cressida
Troilus and Criseyde
1240-1244
1310-1315
1387-1400
1395-1405
1450
1460
1470
1480
Frame narrative
Web narrative
Box narrative
Casing narrative
Decasyllabic verses in rhyming couplets
Unrhymed dodecasyllabic verses
Octosyllabic verses in rhyming couplets
Unrhymed decasyllabic verses
120
60
100
90
12
20
24
30
Courtly love
Importance of company
Corruption of the Church
All of the above
Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter
Southwark
Southpark
Southbank
Southwalk
Barry Hailey
Gary Mailey
Harry Bailey
Larry Sailey
Two on the way to Canterbury and two on the way back
One on the way to Canterbury
One on the way back from Canterbury
One on the way to Canterbury and one on the way back
A date with the Wife of Bath
A book of poetry
A medal and certificate
A free meal at the Tabard Inn
27
28
29
26
All of the other answers are correct
Physical appearance
Social rank
Clothing
Estates
Clusters
Assemblies
Factions
Squire
Knight
Monk
Miller
Squire
Friar
Wife of Bath
Prioress
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