(Note: Correct options are highlighted.)
1.
What was
Chaucer’s profession?
a)
Poet
b)
Noble
c)
Merchant
d)
Civil
servant
2.
Who of the
following is called ‘the morning star of the reformation’?
a)
John Gower
b)
Geoffrey Chaucer
c)
John Barbour
d)
John Wycliff
3.
Who called
Chaucer ‘the Father of English Poetry'?
a)
Sydney
b)
Dryden
c)
Spenser
d)
Arnold
4.
‘Chaucer
is the earliest of the great moderns’. Who holds
that opinion?
a)
John Dryden
b)
Ben Johnson
c)
Mathew
Arnold
d)
T. S.
Eliot
5.
‘With
Chaucer is born our real poetry’. Who holds this view?
a)
Sydney
b)
Addison
c)
Spenser
d)
Arnold
6.
Who
mentioned Chaucer as ‘The Well of English Undefiled’?
a)
Dryden
b)
Addison
c)
Spenser
d)
Pope
7.
Who says
about Chaucer’s characters – ‘Here is God’s plenty’.
a)
Dr. Johnson
b)
S. T. Coleridge
c)
Alexander Pope
d)
John
Dryden
8.
Who said
that ‘Chaucer lacks high seriousness’?
a)
Dr. Johnson
b)
S. T. Coleridge
c)
Mathew
Arnold
d)
T. S. Eliot
9.
Who says
of Chaucer, “He must have been a man of most wonderful comprehensive soul?
a)
Dr. Johnson
b)
S. T. Coleridge
c)
John
Dryden
d)
Mathew Arnold
10.
‘Chaucer
found his native tongue a dialect and left it a language.’ Who makes
this observation?
a)
I. A. Richards
b)
J.
R. Lowell
c)
F. R. Leavis
d)
Walter Pater
11.
‘If
Chaucer is the Father of English poetry, he is the Grandfather of the English
Novel’.
Who makes
this remark?
a)
S. T. Coleridge
b)
G.
K. Chesterton
c)
John Ruskin
d)
Walter Pater
12.
Which of
the following works is not a work of Chaucer?
a)
The House of Fame
b)
The Legend of Good Women
c)
The
Owl and the Nightingale
d)
The Romaunt of the Rose
13.
When does ‘The
Canterbury Tales’ take place?
a)
In the Renaissance
b)
During the Norman invasion
c)
During the Puritan Age
d)
In
the late fourteenth century
14.
At what
time of year does the pilgrimage take place?
a)
In the dead of winter
b)
In
the height of spring
c)
“That time
of year when yellow leaves . . . hang upon these boughs”
d)
On a midsummer night
15.
Why are
the pilgrims going to Canterbury?
a)
To meet King Henry III
b)
To see a medieval mystery play
c)
To
worship the relics of Saint Thomas Becket
d)
Because they are tourists
16.
In the
opening lines of ‘The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales’, the narrator
________.
a)
criticizes chivalry
b)
attacks the corruption in the Church
c)
rejoices
in the renewing cycle of life
d)
establishes the ideal of the
Renaissance man
17.
Apart from
the narrator, how many pilgrims are on their way to Canterbury?
a)
20
b)
24
c)
28
d)
29
18.
What
aspects of the pilgrims are described in the General Prologue?
a)
Physical appearance
b)
Social ranks
c)
Attire
d)
All
of the above
19.
Which
Dialect is used by Chaucer in his work?
a)
The Southern Dialect
b)
East
Midland Dialect
c)
The Kentish Dialect
d)
The Northern Dialect
20.
What is
the name of the inn where the pilgrims assemble for the night?
a)
Southwark Inn
b)
Temple Inn
c)
St. Becket Inn
d)
Tabard
Inn
21.
Who
welcomes the travelers to the inn?
a)
The Hostess
b)
The
Host
c)
The narrator's wife
d)
The Cook
22.
The name
of the Host is ________.
a)
Harry
Bailly
b)
Roger Warren
c)
John Gower
d)
Geoffrey Chaucer
23.
What does
the Host propose to the pilgrims to make their journey more entertaining?
a)
A singing contest
b)
A
storytelling competition
c)
A dance-off
d)
A horse race
24.
What prize
does the Host offer to the winner of the storytelling competition?
a)
A bag of gold coins
b)
A
free meal at the Tabard Inn
c)
A copy of the Bible
d)
A ride on his horse
25.
Who will
determine whose story is the best?
a)
The
Host
b)
The narrator
c)
The Judge
d)
The Poet
26.
The Host
decides that each pilgrim must tell how many stories?
a)
One on the way to Canterbury
b)
One on the way back from Canterbury
c)
One on the way to Canterbury and one
on the way back
d)
Two
on the way to Canterbury and two on the way back
27.
What's the
price for disagreeing with the Host along the way?
a)
That person has to travel alone for
the rest of the way
b)
That
person has to pay everyone's expenses
c)
The Host will beat him/her
d)
That person will have to ride a donkey
for the rest of the way
28.
Who is the
narrator of ‘The Canterbury Tales’?
a)
The Knight
b)
The Host
c)
The Pardoner
d)
Chaucer
himself
29.
How many
Canterbury Tales are there?
a)
22
b)
24
c)
28
d)
32
30.
‘The
Canterbury Tales’ is structured as a:
a)
Parody
b)
Folk ballad
c)
Melodrama
d)
Frame
story
31.
Out of
Chaucer’s twenty four tales, only ______ are in prose.
a)
One
b)
Two
c)
Three
d)
Four
32.
The
narrator in ‘The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales’ appears to be
_______.
a)
Naive
b)
Irritable
c)
Immoral
d)
Anti-social
33.
Which of
Chaucer’s characters told the first Canterbury tale?
a)
The Yeoman
b)
The Monk
c)
The
Knight
d)
The Cook
34.
What does
the Squire wear?
a)
A velvet doublet and hose
b)
Cloth
embroidered with flowers
c)
Green and peacock-blue hunting gear
d)
A beaver hat
35.
According
to the Wife of Bath, what do women most desire?
a)
Sovereignty
over their husbands
b)
True love
c)
Perfect beauty
d)
Great wealth
36.
Why is the
Monk not very monk-like?
a)
He swears a lot.
b)
He misquotes many of the prayers.
c)
He
acts like a lord and enjoys horses and hunting.
d)
He likes to talk about astrology.
37.
Which
pilgrim has a forked beard?
a)
The Summoner
b)
The
Merchant
c)
The Reeve
d)
The Friar
38.
What is
the Wife of Bath’s prologue about?
a)
Her
life with her five different husbands
b)
Ovid’s Metamorphoses
c)
How women deserve to hold high public
offices just like men
d)
A philosophical treatise on the
astrolabe
39.
Which
pilgrims are most richly attired?
a)
Miller, Yeoman, Summoner, Chaucer
b)
Wife
of Bath, Squire, Monk, Physician, Franklin
c)
Knight, Clerk, Parson, Pardoner
d)
Friar, Reeve, Manciple, Man of Law
40.
Which
pilgrim carries a brooch inscribed with Latin words meaning ‘Love Conquers
All’?
a)
The
Prioress
b)
The Wife of Bath
c)
The Monk
d)
The Squire
41.
Which
characters are connected to the Church?
a)
The
Prioress, the Monk, the Friar, the Summoner and the Pardoner
b)
The Miller, the Ploughman, the
Franklin and the Reeve
c)
The Knight, the Clerk, the Parson and
the Shipman
d)
The Yeoman, the Physician, the Clerk
and the Man of Law
42.
What does
the Friar easily get people to do?
a)
Learn how to read and write
b)
Protest for him before the king
c)
Give
him money, food and drink
d)
Go hunting with him
43.
What does
the Physician base his medical knowledge on?
a)
What he learned from a medicine man in
India
b)
Astronomy
and the prevailing theory of the four humors
c)
His extensive field work in herbal
remedies
d)
His six years of medical degree work
done at Oxford
44.
Who has
been married five times?
a)
The
Prioress
b)
The
Wife of Bath
c)
The Friar
d)
The Manciple
45.
Which are
the only two characters who seem to truly uphold Christian ideals?
a)
The Miller and the Cook
b)
The Narrator and the Host
c)
The
Parson and the Plowman
d)
The Pardoner and the Summoner
46.
What does
the corrupt and lecherous Summoner do when he gets drunk?
a)
He gets up on the tables and does a
striptease.
b)
He provokes fist fights with passersby
and often winds up in jail.
c)
He
repeats the few words of Latin he knows over and over like a parrot.
d)
His voice sounds like a goat.
47.
Why is the
Summoner hated by the Church and church-goers?
a)
Because he is too righteous and
exacting in his morals and ethics
b)
Because
he makes counterfeit pardons and cheats people of their money
c)
Because he's painfully shy and
incredibly awkward for parishioners to talk to
d)
Because he often espoused pagan
beliefs and praises other religions
48.
In ‘The
Prologue to the Canterbury Tales’, the Parson’s brother is _______.
a)
The Physician
b)
The
Plowman
c)
The Manciple
d)
The Clerk
49.
In ‘The
Prologue to the Canterbury Tales’, the pilgrim whose profession gives him ‘a
special love of gold’ is _______.
a)
The Parson
b)
The
Physician
c)
The Summoner
d)
The Franklin
50.
Immediately
prior to joining the other pilgrims in Chaucer’s ‘The Canterbury Tales’,
the Knight had _________.
a)
been at court
b)
gone to visit his rural estate
c)
been
engaged in battles overseas
d)
bought new clothes for the pilgrimage
51.
In ‘The
Prologue to the Canterbury Tales’, the pilgrim who neglects his religious
duties in order to hunt is _________.
a)
The Parson
b)
The
Monk
c)
The Pardoner
d)
The Summoner
52.
In
describing the Friar as ‘a noble pillar to his Order’, Chaucer uses
________.
a)
Epigram
b)
Irony
c)
Inversion
d)
Apostrophe
53.
Which
character is described as having fought in many battles and is a noble,
honorable figure?
a)
The Pardoner
b)
The Wife of Bath
c)
The
Knight
d)
The Miller
54.
The Man of
Law charges high fees and is a big:
a)
Businessman
b)
Land-buyer
c)
Lawyer
d)
None of the above
55.
Which
character is described as having a high-pitched voice and a gap-toothed smile?
a)
The Prioress
b)
The Clerk
c)
The Summoner
d)
The
Wife of Bath
56.
What is
the social status of the Summoner in ‘The Canterbury Tales’?
a)
Nobility
b)
Clergy
c)
Merchant class
d)
Peasant
57.
Which
pilgrim is skilled at playing the bagpipes?
a)
The Pardoner
b)
The
Miller
c)
The Reeve
d)
The Monk
58.
What does
the Wife of Bath criticize about her husbands in her prologue?
a)
Their lack of wealth
b)
Their
infidelity
c)
Their reluctance to marry
d)
Their obsession with chivalry
59.
Which
character seems to love animals more than humans?
a)
The Squire
b)
The Wife of Bath
c)
The
Prioress
d)
The Parson
60.
Which of Chaucer’s characters sings
loudly ‘Come hither, love, to me’?
a)
The Friar
b)
The Monk
c)
The Squire
d)
The
Pardoner
61.
Which of
the following physical features characterizes the Friar?
a)
Red beard
b)
Gap between his teeth
c)
White
neck
d)
Wart on his nose
62.
‘He was as
fresh as the month of May’. This line in ‘The Prologue’
refers to?
a)
The Franklin
b)
The Physician
c)
The
Squire
d)
None of these
63.
The
Pardoner sells which animal’s bones as saint’s bones?
a)
Cat’s
b)
Goat’s
c)
Pig’s
d)
Sheep’s
64.
Which
character in ‘The Prologue’ teaches devotedly to his parishioners?
a)
The Prioress
b)
The Friar
c)
The Clerk
d)
The
Parson
65.
How often
does the poor Parson tell lies?
a)
Always
b)
Sometimes
c)
Often
d)
Never
66.
Which of
Chaucer’s character had greyhounds ‘as swift as birds in flight’?
a)
The Friar
b)
The Pardoner
c)
The
Monk
d)
The Knight
67.
Which
character in ‘The Prologue’ has ulcer on his shin?
a)
The Miller
b)
The
Cook
c)
The Yeoman
d)
The Manciple
68.
Which
character in ‘The Prologue’ has won prizes in wrestling matches?
a)
The Squire
b)
The Reeve
c)
The Pardoner
d)
The
Miller
69.
Which
character in ‘The Prologue’ wears a tabard?
a)
The Knight
b)
The
Plowman
c)
The Yeoman
d)
The Reeve
70.
Who is a
long-legged, choleric and slender man in Chaucer’s characters?
a)
The Miller
b)
The Man of Law
c)
The
Reeve
d)
The Plowman
71.
In
Chaucer’s characters, whose face was fiery-red and pimpled with narrow eyes?
b)
The Host
c)
The Pardoner
d)
The
Summoner
72.
In his
bearing, the Knight was as gentle as is a:
a)
Child
b)
Sheep
c)
Maid
d)
Rabbit
73.
The Yeoman
was travelling as a servant to:
a)
The
Knight
b)
The Miller
c)
The Friar
d)
The Manciple
74.
What was
the name of the Friar in ‘The Canterbury Tales’?
a)
Stephen
b)
Hubert
c)
William
d)
Ethelbert
75.
In
Chaucer’s characters, who spoke French fluently and elegantly?
a)
The Clerk
b)
The Friar
c)
The Man of Law
d)
The
Prioress
76.
Who had
weathered many storms and is a champion of his trade?
a)
The Yeoman
b)
The Cook
c)
The
Shipman
d)
The Monk
77.
In ‘The
Prologue’, whose locks were ‘well curled as if they were laid in press’?
a)
The Prioress
b)
The
Squire
c)
The Merchant
d)
The Friar
78.
In ‘The
Prologue’, whose mouth is like a great furnace?
a)
The
Miller
b)
The Summoner
c)
The Physician
d)
The Pardoner
79.
In
Chaucer’s characters, who was somewhat deaf?
a)
The Prioress
b)
The
Wife of Bath
c)
The Plowman
d)
The Host
80.
In ‘The
Prologue’, what was the Yeoman carrying in his hand?
a)
A
mighty bow
b)
An arrow
c)
A sword
d)
A bag of gold
81.
In ‘The
Prologue’, the Parson refers ‘his sheep’ to his _________.
a)
Parishioners
b)
Friends
c)
Offspring
d)
None of these
82.
In ‘The
Prologue’, whom did the Friar know more than the lepers & the beggars?
a)
Taverns
b)
Inn-keepers
c)
Barmaids
d)
All
of the above
83.
Who always
rode last in the group of pilgrims?
a)
The
Reeve
b)
The Man of Law
c)
The Host
d)
The Miller
84.
What was
the financial secret of the Merchant?
a)
He was extra-ordinary rich
b)
He owned off-shore companies
c)
He
was in debt
d)
None of the above
85.
Which of
Chaucer’s characters sang the divine service in nasal voice?
a)
The Wife of Bath
b)
The
Prioress
c)
The Friar
d)
The Pardoner
86.
In ‘The
Canterbury Tales’, who was excellent at caring for arrows and travels with
the huge amount of weaponry?
a)
The
Yeoman
b)
The Monk
c)
The Knight
d) The Squire
87.
How many
mortal battles were won by Chaucer’s Knight?
a)
8
b)
10
c)
12
d)
15
88.
In
Chaucer’s characters, who lives in ‘pees and perfit charitee’?
a)
The
Plowman
b)
The Parson
c)
The Clerk
d)
The Friar
89.
The
Physician was a perfect practitioner of medicine but has little knowledge of
_______.
a)
Physics
b)
The
Bible
c)
Philosophy
d)
Astronomy
90.
In
Chaucer’s characters, who wears an image of St. Christopher on his breast?
a)
The Prioress
b)
The
Yeoman
c)
The Miller
d)
The Summoner
91.
In
Chaucer’s characters, who had a thin voice that sounded like a goat?
a)
The Prioress
b)
The
Pardoner
c)
The Summoner
d)
The Clerk
92.
To whose
teachings did the Monk not pay attention?
a)
St. Benedict
b)
St. Maurice
c)
St. Louis
d)
Both
A & B
93.
In
Chaucer’s characters, whose horse was ‘as lean as is a rake’?
a)
The Yeoman
b)
The Squire
c)
The
Clerk
d)
The Reeve
94.
What is
the relationship between the Knight and the Squire?
a)
Father
and son
b)
Brother
c)
Cousins
d)
Master and servant
95.
What is
the primary trait of Chaucer’s character the Franklin?
a)
Cruelty
b)
Generosity
c)
Humility
d)
Honesty
96.
What is
the Yeoman's relationship to the Knight?
a)
Servant
b)
Brother
c)
Colleague
d)
Neighbour
97.
What does
the Pardoner carry with him to sell?
a)
Perfumes
b)
Relics
c)
Herbs
d)
All of the above
98.
Which
character is known for his excessive drinking and lecherous behavior?
a)
The Monk
b)
The Friar
c)
The Pardoner
d)
The
Summoner
99.
‘The
Prologue to the Canterbury Tales’ is written in _______ lines.
a)
758
b)
828
c)
858
d)
938
100.
Chaucer’s
primary aim in writing the Canterbury Tales is to show _________.
a)
A
variety of human nature
b)
Corruption of clergy
c)
Superstitions of the age
d)
Danger of travelling
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