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Paper :- CC – 102, Unit :- 1

Topic :- Introduction to the age of Chaucer

(1) Who introduced the heroic couplet into English?

Ans: Chaucer

(2) Who wrote the Book of Duchess?

Ans: Chaucer

(3) Who is Father of English poetry ?

Ans: Chaucer

(4) During Chaucer’s period medicine was connected with

Ans: Astronomy

(5) Who called Chaucer as the father of English Poetry?

Ans: Dryden

(6) How many Pilgrims are there in Canterbury Tales?

Ans: 30 (including Chaucer)

(7) Which is the first in Canterbury Tales?

Ans: The Knight’s Tale

(8) The Pilgrims went for a pilgrimage to Canterbury in the month of

Ans: April

(9) 29 Pilgrims came to Tabard Inn at

Ans: Early in the morning

(10) The pilgrims Stayed at

Ans: Tabard Inn

(11) The host asked the pilgrims to tell ____ stories when they go to Canterbury

Ans: Two

(12) Who proposed that every pilgrim should tell two stories?

Ans: The Host

(13) Who opposed the proposal of the Host?

Ans: No one

(14) The Pilgrims started their pilgrimage at

Ans: Morning

(15) How many completed tales are there in the Canterbury Tales?

Ans: 24

(16) What type of Dialect Chaucer used in his work?

Ans: East Midland Dialect

(17) Why are the pilgrims going to Canterbury?

Ans: To worship the relics of Saint Thomas Becket

(18) Who are the three men searching for in the Pardoner’s Tale?

Ans: Death

(20) For which social classes did Chaucer write?

Ans: All levels of society

(21) What was Chaucer’s profession?

Ans: Civil servant

(22) How many Canterbury Tales are there?

Ans: 24

(23) What is a romance?

Ans: A story of knights, ladies, quests, and love

(24) Which tale qualifies as part of a medieval sermon?

Ans: The Pardoner’s Tale

(25) In which year Chaucer wrote Canterbury Tales?

Ans: 1387 to 1400

(26) How many lines the prologue of Canterbury Tales has?

Ans: 858 lines

(27) Which are the unfinished Tales of Canterbury Tales?

Ans: The Cook’s Tale and Squire’s Tale

(28) Who criticizes Canterbury Tales as Portrait Gallary?

Ans: Dryden

(29) Who says of Chaucer, “He must have been a man of most wonderful comprehensive soul?

Ans: Dryden

(30) Who called Chaucer as the father of English poetry?

Ans: Dryden

(31) Who said that Chaucer lacks high seriousness?

Ans: Matthew Arnold

(32) Who called Chaucer as a perpetual fountain of good sense?

Ans: Matthew Arnold

(33) Who called Chaucer as the father of our splendid English Poetry?

Ans: Matthew Arnold

(34) The Black Death is also called ______.

[A] the great plague [B] the great flood [C] the great droughtli [D] the great revolt

(35) The Book of Duchess by Chaucer is a ______

[A] Allegory

[B] Lyrical Story

[C] Narrative

[D] None of the above

(36).Which dialect became Standard english?

[A] The Northern

[B] East Midland

[C] West Midland

[D] The Southern

(37) Troilus and criseydle by Chaucer shows great influence of filostrato by ______.

[A] Dante

[B] De L.rries

[C] De Meung

[D] Boccaccio

(38) The very idea of the the Canterbury tales is belived to have been taken from Boccaccio's

[A] Decameron

[B] Filostarto

[C] Confessio Amentis.

[D] None of the above

(39). Who remarked that Chaucer's found English a dialect and left it a language"?

[A] Legouis. [B] Hadow. [C] Lang. [D] Lowes

(40). Chaucer used octave rhyme of the eight syllabic line rhyming in couplets in ______.

[A] The prologue

[B] The Canterbury Tales

[C] The Book of the Duchess

[D] None of the above

(41). In Prologue and Canterbury Tales Chaucer employed the ______.

[A] Ottava Rhyme

[B] Rhyme Royal

[C] Heroic Couplet

[D] None of the above

(42). Who among the following has been called The Morning Star of Renaissance?

[A] Shakespeare

[B] Spenser

[C] Chaucer

[D] Marlowe

(43). The Character of Criseyde is ______.

[A] a superficial portrait of a haughty woman

[B] a physiological study of a complex woman

[C] The true representative of a typical medieval woman

[D] The true representative of a typical medieval woman

(44). In the Canterbury Tales the fictional inn where the pilgrims meet is ______.

[A] Canterbury [B] Tabard

[C] Wessex Hall [D] None of the above

(45) Who is regarded as the first translator of the bible into English?

[A] Thomas More

[B] John Wycliffe

[C] William Tyndale

[D] None of the above

(46) Williaim Caxton Setup the first printing press of England in 1475 in ______.

[A] London

[B] New South Wales

[C] Scotland

[D] Westminster

(47) Who introduced sonnet form to England?

[A] Petrarch

[B] Wyatt

[C] Spenser

[D] None of the above

(48) Who called Spenser 'The Poets' poet"?

[A] Bacon

[B] Johnson

[C] Lamb

[D] None of the Above

(49) When did Geoffrey Chaucer start working on The Canterbury Tales?

(A) Early 1370s

(B) In 1364

(50) Which is the first major work of Geoffrey Chaucer?

(A) Troilus and Criseyde

(B) The Canterbury Tales

(D) The House of Fame

(51) In which year did Chaucer fought in Hundred Years' War between France and England?

(A) 1374 (B) 1359 (C) 1367 (D) 1382

(52) In which year Geoffrey Chaucer born?

(A) 1343

(B) 1336

(D) 1347

(53) Who was the king when Geoffrey Chaucer was born?

(A) David II

(B) Edward III

(D) Edward II

(54) Geoffrey Chaucer is also known as:

(A) The reformer of English language

(B) The poet of English language

(D) The father of English language

(55) Which of Chaucer's works is associated with Valentine's Day?

(A) The Book of the Duchess (B) The Canterbury Tales (C) Parlement of Foules (D) The Canterbury Tales

Unit :- 1 Elizabethan Poetry

Elizabethan Age

(1) Which age is regarded as the golden age of English literature ?

Ans :- Elizabethan Age

(2) The Elizabethan Age was from what period in the time ?

Ans :- 1558 - 1603

(3) Renaissance is a

Ans :- French word

(4) Meaning of Renaissance is

Ans :- Rebirth, Revival and Reawakening

(5) Renaissance first came to --

Ans :- Italy

(6) Sir Thomas Wyatt brought which form from Italy ?

Ans :- Sonnet Form

(7) Earl of Surrey introduced

Ans :- Blank verse

(8) Who is called the Earl of Surrey ?

Ans :- Henry Howard

(9) which is the first pure English comedy ?

Ans :- Ralph Rooster Doister

(10) The first English comedy ' Ralph Rooster Doister ' is written by ?

Ans :- Nicholas Udall

(11) The first English comedy ' Ralph Rooster Doister ' is written in & published in ?

Ans :- Written in 1552 & published in 1567

(12) The first English tragedy is ?

Ans :- Gorboduc

(13) The first English tragedy is written by ?

Ans :- Thomas Sackville & Thomas Norton

(14) The first English tragedy is written in ?

Ans :- 1561

(15) Thomas Moore's ' Utopia ' was written in ?

Ans :- 1516

(1) Who is the Elizabethan Era named after?

(A) Elizabeth Taylor

(B) Queen Elizabeth I

(D) Elizabeth Hurley

(2) What form of fine art is the Elizabethan Era most famous for?

(A) Literature

(B) Painting

(D) Theatre

(3) What famous writer from the Elizabethan Era is considered by many to be the greatest writer of the English language?

(A) Charles Dickens

(B) Jane Austen

(D) Emily Bronte

(4) What type of plays were performed at the English theatre?

(A) History plays

(B) Comedies

(D) All of the above

(5) Which of the following was NOT a body of the government of England during the Elizabethan Era?

(A) House of Lords

(B) Monarch

(D) Senate

(6) What was it that Queen Elizabeth said she was married to?

(A) Parliament

(B) Her country

(D) The church

(7) When did the Elizabethan Era take place?

(A) 1066 to 1112

(B) 1153 to 1250

(D) 1558 to 1603

(8) Who was the mother of Elizabeth I?

(A) Catherine of Aragon

(B) Jane Seymour

(D) Anne Boleyn

(9) In what year did England and Spain fight a famous sea battle?

(a)1500

(b)1588

(d)1575

(10) What church did Elizabeth I establish or re-establish by law in England during her reign?

(a) The Anglican Church

(b) The Roman Catholic Church

(d) The Lutheran Church

(11) What type of non-rhymed poetry did Christopher Marlowe pioneer?

(a) Blank verse

(b) The sonnet

(d) Free-flow verse

(12) Which work did Edmund Spenser author?

(a) The Castle of Perseverance

(b) The Double

(d) The Faerie Queene

(13) )Which of the following was Elizabeth known as?

(a) Unintelligent

(b) Rude

(d) Fanatic

(14) Which language did young Elizabeth learn in secret?

(a) French

(b) Gaelic

(d) Welsh

(15) What was a favorite entertainment in Elizabeth’s court?

(a) Swimming

(b) Gambling

(d) Backgammon

(16) Which of the following disciplines most fascinated Elizabeth?

(a) Philology

(b) Alchemy

(d) Astrology

(17) Elizabeth’s reign was longer than that of any other Tudor. When she died at the age of 69 in 1603, how many years had she reigned?

(a) 35

(b) 40

(d) 50

(18) )The term for the reaction against corruption in the Catholic Church was known as:

(a)The Protestant Revolution

(b)The Protestant Reformation

(c)The Protestant Restoration

(d)The Protestant Resolution

(19) What is the name for a shift in tone or meaning of a sonnet

(a)Octave

(b)Volta

(c)Iambic Pentameter

(d)Petrarchan

(20) Elizabeth and Mary I belonged to what royal family?

(a) Windsor

(b) Stuart

(d) Plantagenet

(21) Shakespeare was writing during the Elizabethan Era which encompasses which of the following time periods?

(A) 1500 – 1660 (B) 450 – 1500 (C) 1600 – 1750 (D) 1750- 1850

(22) Shakespeare wrote sonnets primarly in a highly structured poetic format called

(A) anapestic hexameter

(B) iambic pentameter

(D) sextets

(23) Which of the following most clearly explains the difference between prose and poetry

(A) Prose is spoken in mainly in meters while poetry is spoken in blank verse

(B) Prose is mainly spoken by kings in plays while peasants speak in poetry

(D) None of the above

(24) Shakespeare mostly wrote all of the following types of plays except for

(A) satirical comedies. (B) Tragedies

(25) What is the name of a speech which reveals the character's innermost thoughts and is addressed to the audience?

(A) a soliloquy

(B) a dialogue

(D) an address

(26) Shakespeare wrote all of the following plays except for

(A( Romeo and Juliet (B) Titus and Andronicus

(27) Where was William Shakespeare born?

(A) Stratford-on-Avon

(B) London, England

(D) Ringgold, Georgia

(28) What was Shakespeare also known as?

(A) The Actor

(B) The Bard

(D) King James

(29) Shakespeare's wife's name

(A) The King's Company

(B) Judith Hathaway

(30) Number of plays Shakespeare wrote

(A) 20

(B) 17

(31) What was Shakespeare’s first play?

(a) King Lear

(b) Henry VI

(d) Romeo and Juliet

(32) How many sonnets did William Shakespeare write? a)110 b)154 c)175 d)187

(33) Shakespeare died on?

(a) 23rd April 1616

(b) 25th April 1616,

(d) 30th April 1616

(34) Shakespeare died at the age of

(a) 48

(b) 52

(d) 63

(35) The line “To be or not to be” comes from which play?

(a) Macbeth

(b) Twelfth Night

(d) Hamlet

(36) )Which of these was not one of Shakespeare’s plays?

(a) Titus Andronicus (b) The Tempest

(37) What nationality was Shakespeare?

(a) Italian

(b) English

(d) Greek

(38) In which century was Shakespeare born?

(a) 16th

(b) 14th

(d) 17th

(39) Which river is associated with Shakespeare’s birth place?

(a) The Thames

(b) The Avon

(d) The Seven

(40) Which famous play does the quote,”When shall we three meet again In thunder, lightning, or in rain?” come from?

(a) The Taming of the Shrew

(b) King Lear

(d) Macbeth

(41) How many of Shakespeare’s plays are classified as histories?

(a) 7 (b) 10

(42) ) “To be or not to be that is the question”, is famous line of which of Shakespeare’s plays?

(a) Othello

(b) Macbeth

(d) King Lear

(43) Which of the following was the Tower of London used for in the Elizabethan age?

(a) As an astronomical observation deck

(b) As a storage place for grain

(d) As a school for the royal children

(44) What was Elizabeth’s close circle of advisers called?

(a) The Star Chamber

(b) Parliament

(d) The Cabinet

(45) Which of the following is a ceremony in which a sovereign is officially crowned?

(A) Investiture

(B) Invocation

(D) Coronation

(46) What type of non-rhymed poetry did Christopher Marlowe pioneer?

(a) Blank verse (b) The sonnet

(47) What is a sonnet?

(a) a fourteen line rhyming poem

(b) a sixteen line unrhymed poem

(d) a longer version of the haiku

(48). Which of the following is NOT a type of sonnet?

(a) English sonnet

(b) Italian sonnet

(c).Draconian sonnet

(d).Petrarchan sonnet

(49). Which of the following is true?

(a).Sonnets are a type of ballad

(b).Ballads are often adapted to song

(c).Villanelles are simple, short poems

(d) Villanelles are a type of sonnet

(50) What is a characteristic of the sonnet?

(a) It is in iambic pentameter

(b) It rhymes

(d)All of the above

Unit :- 1. Metaphysical Poetry

(1) Who was the leader of the Metaphysical poets ?

(A) Shakespeare

(B) Donne

(D) T. S. Elliot

(2) which poets believed in analysis of emotion ?

(A) Cavalier poets

(B) Elizabethan poets

(D) Metaphysical poets

(3) Whose poetry is harsh and rugged ?

(A) Tennyson's poetry

(B) Donne's poetry

(D) Browning's poetry

(4) What is the general trait of a Metaphysical poem ?

(A) Short

(B) Long

(D) Parody

(5) The term ' Metaphysical ' is made up of two words ' meta ' and ' physical ' which mean :

(A) beyond nature

(B) matter, physics

(D) metabolic, body

(6) The prominent figure of Metaphysical poetry is :

(A) Samuel Johnson

(B) Grierson

(D) John Donne

(7) The sailent features of Metaphysical poetry are;

(A) peculiar blend of passion

(B) expression of deep thoughts

(D) all the three

(8) There appeared a race of writers that may be called Metaphysical poets. It was about the beginning of:

(A) Sixteenth century

(B) seventeenth century

(D) nineteenth century

(9) The Metaphysical poets were the men of:

(A) fashion (B) beauty

(10) Who said ,' Donne affects the metaphysics ' ?

(A) Chancer

(B) Dr. Johnson

(D) Hardy

(11) What is the meaning of the term of metaphysics ?

(A) Conceit

(B) Far - fetched

(D) A process of dry reasoning

(12) What type of style have the Metaphysical poets used ?

(A) conventional

(B) simple

(D) Omate

(13) With what is a Metaphysical poem over loaded?

(A) Figures

(B) conceits

(D) simple, easy and common images

(14) The writers of Metaphysical era said things in a way which was:

(A) clear

(B) not clear

(15) Metaphysical verse was:

(A) harsh and irregular

(B) love poetry and religious Poetry

(D) all the three

(16) Metaphysical poetry can be defined as the following:

(A) Iambic Pentameter and 14 lines

(B) Highly intellectual, using witty comparisons and paradox.

(D) Highly Intellectual and very serious

(17) John Donne invented this to use in his poetry

(A) paradox

(B) onomotopoeia

(D) irony

(18) . Define paradox

(A) A witty compliment

(B) Something that appears the same, but proves contradictory under deeper consideration

(D) Something that appears contradictory, but proves true under deeper consideration

(19) . Conceits are

(A) People who are arrogant

(B) Friends

(20) . He is the founder and a pioneer of Metaphysical Poetry

(A) Terry Bradshaw

(B( William Shakespeare

(D) Charles I

(21). What century do is metaphysical poerty from?

(A) 15th century

(B) 16th century

(D) 20th century

.(22). What is metaphysical poetry?

(A) Poetry that questions the nature of reality in a philosophical way

(B Poetry that questions the power of kings

(23) . A complex literary device that makes a far-stretched comparison

(A) Paradox

(B) Poem

(D) Conceit

(24) ...... is the major characteristic of Metaphysical poetry ?

(A) Conceit

(B) Love

(D) Wit

(25) Donne compares a man and the beloved who stay at ...... to a pair of compasses.

(A) travels, home

(B) fights, peace

(D) none of these

(26) " The nest of Singing birds was transformed into a grove of nice speculations" It is said about :

(A) Elizabethan era

(B) Romantic era

(D) Modern era

(27) Who among the following is not a Metaphysical poet ?

(A) Thomas Carew

(B) Sir John Suckling

(D) Wordsworth

(28) Who is not a Metaphysical poet;

(A) P. B. Shelley

(B) Andrew Marwell

(D) Richard Crashaw

(29) Historically the age of Metaphysical poets is known as :

(A) Caroline age

(B) Raphaelites

(30) Who said " The proper study of mankind is man " ?

(A) Donne

(B) Chaucher

(D) Tennyson

(31) Who is the father of modern English prose ?

(A) Lamb

(B) Bacon

(D) Addison

(32) ...... affects the metaphysics.

(A) Wordsworth

(B) Donne

(D) Been Johnson

(33) which of the following poems does not have a Metaphysical touch ?

(A) The Lyrical Ballads

(B) Paradise Lost

(D) In Memoriam

(34) Andrew Marwell wrote the poems , Which include:

(A) To his Coy Mistress

(B) The Definition of Love

(35) Richard Crashaw's writings includes :

(A) Delights of the Muses

(B) Steps of the Temple

(D) A and B

(36) As a metaphysicist , Donne's poetry is marked with --

(A) Strong Passion

(B) Intellectual agility and dramatic power

(D) All of the above

(37) The Metaphysical writers ......

(A) Believed in pedantry

(B) Delighted in far fetched images and conceits

(38) The Metaphysical poetry is called as the poetry of :

(A) Love

(B) Romance

(D) Wit

(39) The poem composed by John Donne are

(A) The Canonization (B) The Flea

(40) What is true to Metaphysical Poets ?

(A) They used far - fetched and fantastic Conceit

(B) They followed every known rule of rhyme, metre and versification

(D) They analyse emotion thread bare

(41) Donne's satires are notorious for ......

(A) harshness

(B) unevenness

(D) All of the above

(42) The peculiar qualities of Metaphysical poetry are ......

(A) They always perceive similarity between dissimilar

(B) They use figures of speech excessively

(D) All of the above

(43) The Metaphysical poets constantly bring together -

(A) The abstract and the concrete

(B) The spiritual and the material

(D) All of the above

(44) George Herbert is known as a religious poet and is a ......

(A) Metaphysical poet

(B) Romantic poet

(45) Who gave the term ' Metaphysical poets' ?

(A) Samuel Johnson

(B) W. J. Long

(D) Saintsbury

(46) ' The secret blend of passion and thought is the greatest achievement of Metaphysical poets " , is said by :

(A) John Donne

(B) Samuel Johnson

(D) Herbert

(47) The Metaphysical poets expressed deep thoughts in :

(A) Simple language

(B) Ornamental language

(D) Literary language

(48) Conceits is ......

(A) Piece of decoration

(B) kind of similie

(D) deep fantastic idea, image or comparison emphasizing similiarity

(49) Re - arrange the pairsin proper form from the list given below:

(A) Metaphysical school. (1) Blake

(B) Classical movement. (2) Donne

(D) Pre - romantic age. (4) Shelley

(A) 2, 3, 4, 1 (B) 1, 2, 3, 4 (C) 3, 4, 1, 2 (D) 4, 1, 2, 3

(50) Donne is famous in the history of literature :

(A) as he is a learned fellow

(B) as he is the founder of Metaphysical school

(D) None of these

(51) Richard Crashaw was ......

(A) a mystic

(B) a Puritan

(D) all the three

(52) John Donne makes use of similies and conceits in his poetry for:

(A) gaining popularity

(B) emotional experience

(D) making proper effect

(53) They influenced the poetry of twentieth century. They we're:

(A) Metaphysical poets

(B) classics writers

(D) romantics

(54) The Metaphysical style was established by John Donne in ......

(A) early seventeenth century

(B) late seventeenth century

(D) late eighteenth century

(55) The Metaphysical literature has been blamed for ......

(A) showing ugly side of life

(B) stimulating erotic feelings

(D) unpopularity

(56); which poem belongs to John Donne:

(A) A Hymne to God the Father

(B) Twickman Garden

(D) all of the above

Unit :- II Pardoner's Tale

(1) Why are the pilgrims going to Canterbury?

(A) To meet King Henry III

(B) To see a medieval mystery play

(D) Because they are tourists

(2) Who are the three men searching for in the Pardoner’s Tale?

(A) The Wandering Jew

(B) Greed

(D) Death

(3) When does The Canterbury Tales take place?

(A) In the Renaissance

(B) In pre-Christian Britain

(D) In the late fourteenth century

(4) For which social classes did Chaucer write?

(A) The nobility. (B) All levels of society

(5) Which tale qualifies as part of a medieval sermon?

(A) The Wife of Bath’s Tale

(B) The Tale of Melibee

(D) The Pardoner’s Tale

(6) Why does the Pardoner upset the Host?

(A) The Pardoner is homosexual.

(B) The Pardoner tries to sell indulgences to the pilgrims, after he has already told them that he cheats people.

(D) The Pardoner refuses to give the Host an indulgence

(7). In what season are the pilgrims traveling?

(A) Fall

(B) Winter

(D) Summer

(8). What does the narrator want from the other travelers?

(A) He wants them to tell him stories.

(B) He wants them keep it down so he can get some sleep.

(D) He wants to join them.

(9) Which travelers does the narrator want to describe?

(A) The men

(B) All 29 of his companions

(D) Just the ones who tell the best stories

(10) Who welcomes the travelers to the inn?

(A) The Hostess

(B) The Host

(11) Who will determine whose story is best?

(A) The Host

(B) The narrator

(12). Why does the Pardoner falsely claim his relics have healing powers?

(A) So the common folk will worship him

(B) So that he will be promoted and allowed in the Pope's inner circle

(D) He doesn't know the claim is fake. He truly believes he is curing people.

(13) Whom do the three young rioters in the Pardoner's story want to kill and why?

(A) A young thug who killed their friend

(B) A parish clerk named Absalon who lectures them on their drinking

(D) Death, because he killed a friend of theirs

(14) What does the old man they meet tell them?

(A) That they can find death in a grove under an oak tree

(B) That there's gold under an oak tree in a grove

(D) That they are destined for fame and fortune

(15). Why do they start plotting against each other?

(A) Because the old man starts telling them lies about each other

(B) Because each wants a greater share of the gold they find under the tree

(D) Because one of them killed the old man

(16). When the youngest returns from town with wine how do all three men die?

(A) Two of them are stabbed and the third stabs himself.

(B) They all die of poisoned wine.

(D) The tree is hit by lightning and a giant limb crushes them.

(17). What do the Three Rioters in the Pardoner's Tale represent?

(A) Vices

(B) Virtues

(D) Senses

(18). Why are there so many portraits of corrupt Church officials in the Tales?

(A) Because Chaucer was zealously anti-Christian

(B) Because the Tales were re-written in the 17th century by a cabal of evil rabbis

(D) Because corruption in the Church was rampant in the Middle Ages.

(19) When the tale opens, what are the rioters doing?

(A) Drinking

(B) Sleeping

(D) Dancing

(20) What passes by the rioters that catches their attention?

(A) A coffee machine

(B) A talking donkey

(21) What kind of people are the rioters?

(A) Devout Christians

(B) Trouble-makers - drinking before 9 am

(D) Good people

(22) An allegory has both

(A) A literal and figurative meaning

(B) A figurative and symbolic meaning

(D) A historical and biblical meaning

(23) The Pardoner thinks that ...

(A) Money is the root of all evil

(B) Greed is the root of all evil

(D) Women are the root of all evil

(24). The Pardoner is an official of the ...

(A) Government

(B) Church

(D) King

(25). Who are the rioters looking for in the tale?

(A) Heaven

(B) Death

(D) Hell

(26). Why do the rioters go looking for Death?

(A) For repentance and salvation

(B) Avenge the death of their friends

(D) To banish him from England

(27). Which statement best describes the end of the Pardoner's Tale?

(A) The rioters become rich

(B) The rioters meet death

(D) Death takes a holiday

(28). After the rioters abandon their search for Death, they murder each other. This is an example of ......

(A) Dramatic Irony

(B) Situational Irony

(D) Poetic Irony

(29). The moral of "The Pardoner's Tale"

(A) friends can never be trusted

(B) greed is the source of all evil

(D) None of the above

(30). Chaucer uses the pilgrimage to Canterbury primarily as a device to

(A) emphasize the characters' religious beliefs

(B) Frame the story told by individual characters

(D) None of the above

(31). What becomes clearer when reading the following passage from “The Pardoner’s Tale”?

...if it be your design/

To find out Death, turn up this crooked way/

Towards that grove. I left him there today/

Under a tree, and there you’ll find him waiting.

(A) The plague will kill the three rioters before the make it to the tree.

(B) The old man is pointing the three rioters towards their own deaths.

(32). For what reason does the Pardoner tell his tale?

(A) He uses it to get listeners to give up their money

(B) He is a poor man who tells stories to earn money

(D) None of the above

(33) In what way is the old man correct in saying they will find death under the tree?

(A) death appears as a skeleton under the tree

(B) the gold under the tree leads to death

(D) All of the above

(34). Which of the following is NOT a sin committed by the rioters?

(A) greed (B) murder (C) theft

(35). How does "The Pardoner's Tale" have a just ending?

(A) The old man becomes death

(B) No one gets greedy and keeps the gold

(36). Who fulfills the role of the mysterious guide in "The Pardoner's Tale?"

(A) the pardoner

(B) the old man

(37). What archetypal number is used in "The Pardoner's Tale?"

(A) 4

(B) 2

(D) 1

(38). What is the test of morality in "The Pardoner's Tale?"

(A) greed for gold

(B) keeping promises

(D) None of the above

(39). What is ironic about the Pardoner telling a moral tale of greed being the root of all evil?

(A) the pardoner despises greedy people

(B) the pardoner himself is greedy

(40). Who sold fake relics; his indulgences were most often sold at handsome prices?

(A) Pardoner (B) Reeve (C) Manciple (D) Skipper

(41). At the beginning of "The Pardoner's Tale," we find the three "rioters"

(A) Under a tree

(B) In a tavern

(D) Beside a road

(42). It is fitting that the Pardoner relates this grim tale because he, of all the pilgrims,

(A) has the greatest fear of dying violently on the pilgrimage

(B) has just witnessed such greed and how it affects people

(D) is a holy man who does not care for the things of this world

(43).What is avarice?

(A) greed

(B) terror

(D) dishonesty

(44). What terrible news do the three rioters hear at the tavern?

(A) an old man has died

(B) the fourth rioter has been arrested

(D) Death had died

(45). What does the youngest rioter plan to do to the other two?

(A) drown them in a lake

(B) shoot them

(D) stab them

(46). What do the two older rioters plan to do to the younger one?

(A) stab him

(B) shoot him

(D) drown him

(47). In "The Pardoner's Tale" what do the young men find when they go looking for death?

(A) Death

(B) a pile of gold coins under a tree

(D) their dead friend

(48). What could be a theme of "The Pardoner's Tale"?

(A) Love endures all things.

(B) The love of money is the root of all evil.

(D) Drunkenness leads to death.

(49). Who is an allegorical figure in "The Pardoner's Tale"?

(A) the old man

(B) the three rioters

(D) the gold coins

(50). What is one characteristics of an allegory that is found in "The Pardoner's Tale"?

(A) A story that occurs within the story

(B) Rhyming of every two lines

(D) The use of characters to stand for ideas

(51). Which character trait leads to the downfall of the three rioters in "The Pardoner's Tale"?

(A) Innocence

(B) Greed

(D) Pride

(52). In "The Pardoner's Tale," what do the two rioters decide to do after they have sent their friend for food and wine?

(A) To take the money while he is gone

(B) To carry away the money that night

(D) To kill their friend when he returns

(53). What does the young rioter decide while on his way into town for food and wine in "The pardoner's Tale"?

(A) To poison his friends

(B) To look for Death on his way

(D) To tell the old man what they found

(54). What can you infer from these words of the Pardoner in "The Pardoner's Tale"? For my exclusive purpose is to win/And not all to castigate their sin./ Once dead what matter how their souls may fare?/ They can go blackberrying for all I care!

(A) He wants parishioners to seek forgiveness for their sins

(B) He wants his parishioners to work harder at farming for blackberries

(D) He wants his parishioners to give him plenty of their money.

(55). What do you learn about "The Pardoner's Tale" by reading these lines? And then Death went his way without a word. / He's killed a thousand in the present plague, / And sir, it doesn't do to be too vague / If you should meet him; you had best be wary.

(A) Death would rather not speak

(B) This is a story about the plague

(D) Death can be avoided if you are careful

(56). What is the allegory that the Pardoner teaches in "The Pardoner's Tale"?

(A) People are not always what they seem

(B) Evil men will get what they deserve

(D) Even the best of friends cannot be trusted

(57). Which words best describe the three rioters in "The Pardoner's Tale"?

(A) Friendly and fun-loving

(B) Greedy and rough

(D) Cautious and sneaky

(58). Who is the old man in "The Pardoner's Tale"?

(A) Death

(B) Hope

(D) A mean-spirited villager

(59). Why does the old man send the three rioters to the tree in "the Pardoner's Tale"?

(A) So the three rioters will not kill him

(B) So the three rioters will go to their own deaths

(D) So he will have time to escape

(60). Which vocabulary word correctly completes this sentence? The ______sold the young rioter a strong poison that he mixed with wine.

(A) Pallor

(B) Tarry

(D) Apothecary

(61). In "The Pardoner's Tale" which character or characters does the Pardoner most closely resemble?

(A) The old man

(B) Death

(D) His parishioners

(62). Which tale qualifies as part of a medieval sermon?

Ans: The Pardoner’s Tale

(63). In which year Chaucer wrote Canterbury Tales?

Ans: 1387 to 1400

(64). How many lines the prologue of Canterbury Tales has?

Ans: 858 lines

(65). Which are the unfinished Tales of Canterbury Tales?

Ans: The Cook’s Tale and Squire’s Tale