TIT BITS:
1. In the Physician’s Tale, a daughter is killed by her
father.
2. The Knight’s Tale deals with two Theban warriors.
3. Chaucer’s The Parson’s Tale is based in part on a
notable French sermon of Friar Laurens.
4. Chaucer translated the French work Roman Da La Rose
into English titled Romance of the Rose.
5. House of Fame, Legend of Good Women, Troilus and
Criseyde: Works of the Italian Period.
6. The Book of Duchess by Chaucer was an allegory on
the death of Blanche, the wife of his patron.
7. The writer who gave the first full expression of the
‘English sense of humour’ was Chaucer.
8. Langland is known as The Morning Star of the
Renaissance.
9. There are three (3) pilgrims in the Prologue to
Canterbury Tales which represent the military profession.
10. The pilgrims in the Canterbury Tales were going to
the Shrine of St. Thomas at Canterbury.
11. The character Griselda appears in Clerk’s Tale.
12. The Merchant tells the story of January and May in
Chaucer’s Prologue to Canterbury Tales.
13. Troilus and Criseyde of the Chaucer’s work has the
Trojan War at its background.
14. Pandarus is a
Chaucerian character who appears in Troilus and Criseyde
15. No
hadde I er now, my swete herte deere,
Ben yold, ywis, I were now nought here!
Famous lines said by Criseyde in Troilus and
Criseyde.
16. Miller’s Tale and Reeve’s Tale are the examples of
fabliau.
17. One of the portraits in the Prologue is that of the
Wife of Bath. Bath is the name of a town.
18. ‘He was as fresh as the month of May’. ‘He’ refers
to the Squire.
19. The Nun’s Priest’s Tale uses the tradition of the
Beast Fable.
20. The Parson’s Tale is in the form of prose.
21. Chaucer went on diplomatic missions abroad from 1370-78.
This phase initiates the Italian phase.
22. The Prologue to Canterbury Tales is supposed to have
been written in 1388.
23. ‘His voice is merrier than the organ’s tone
In church on solemn
mass days loudly blown”
These lines are taken
from Nun’s Priest’s Tale.
24. The Canterbury Tales is considered to be the epitome
of the 14th Century.
25. Chaucer found English a dialect and left it a
language.
26. Pandarus is the first great comic character in
English Literature which is depicted by Chaucer.
27. Troilus and Criseyde is the first English novel in
verse.
28. The idea of the Canterbury Tales is taken from
Boccaccio’s Decameron.
29. The House of Fame bears close resemblance to Dante’s
Divine Comedy.
30. Chaucer is the first to use heroic couplet in the
Legend of Good Women.
31. The Canterbury Tales entitles the title Father of
English Poetry.
32. In the Prologue to Canterbury Tales the merchant has
a forked beard.
33. Wife of Bath is deaf.
34. In the Prologue to Canterbury Tales, children are
afraid of the summoner.
35. In the Nun’s Priest’s Tale, the poor widow has three
Children.
36. Kenelphus, the noble King of Mercia is referred to
in Nun’s Priest’s Tale.
37. Andromache is the wife of Hector.
38. In the first line of the Prologue, Chaucer refers to
the month of April.
39. Chaucer begins his story with the description of the
Knight.
40. The Yoeman is wearing a green coat.
41. In the Prologue, the Monk is fond of Hunting and
riding.
42. The Monk’s favorite dish was fat roasted swan.
43. Chaucer’s The Book od Duchess was written in the end
of 1369.
44. In The Parliament of Fowls, Chaucer celebrates Saint
Valentine’s Day.
45. In the Book of Duchess, a love story has been told
with a delicacy of psychological awareness.
46. The Nun’s Priest’s Tale is a superb satire on human
marital relationships.
47. The French period of Chaucer ranges from 1360-70.
48. The Period of Italian influence ranges from 1370-85.
49. Chaucer was elected the Knight of the Shrine of Kent
in 1386.
50. Chaucer celebrated some princely betrothal in The
Parliament of Fouls.
51. Chaucer lived in the reigns of Edward III, Richard
IV and Henry IV.
52. The Canterbury tales is allegorical.
(Notes: Allegory is an
expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some
subject by suggestive resemblances.)
53. The rocks of Brittany feature in Franklins’ Tale.
54. The verse in Canterbury Tales consists of rhymed
couplets.
55. There are three (3) women characters in Canterbury
Tales.
56. Chaucer’s pilgrims go on a pilgrimage in the month
of April.
57. The Book of Duchess is an Allegory.
58. There are eight (8) ecclesiastical (=connected to
Church) characters portrayed in the Prologue.
59. Treatise on the Astrolabe is Chaucer’s prose work.
60. Troilus and Criseyde is also called a ‘psychological
novel’.
61. Chaucer uses Rhyme Royal in Canterbury Tales.
62. Chaucer uses the technique of mock-heroic in The
Nun’s Priest’s Tale.
MCQ’s From various sites:
1. Canterbury
Tales introduced all the following stylistic devices
EXCEPT
a) satire.
b) irony.
c) point of view.
d) predominance of all-powerful gods. (d)
2. Chaucer's
character development is original because
a) his characters have supernatural qualities.
b) they are flawed.
c) like real people, they have strengths and weaknesses.
d) they represent people from all stratas of society. (c)
3. Chaucer
developed his Canterbury Tales using a device called
a) a fable.
b) the frame story.
c) monologues.
d) poetic narrative. (b)
4. A pilgrim
whom Chaucer describes as negligent of his duty is the
a) Parson.
b) Knight.
c) Pardoner.
d) Monk. (d)
5. Chaucer
satirizes the Monk because the Monk
a) is too concerned with courtesy and matters of
etiquette.
b) cheats the poor peasants by selling them false religious relics.
c) begs from wealthy people but spends no time with poor people.
d) spends too much time hunting and too little time on religious duty. (d)
6. Which
class of society is NOT represented in Canterbury Tales?
a) feudal
b) urban
c) ecclesiastical
d) monarchy (b)
7. When
Chaucer describes the Friar as a "noble pillar of his Order", he is
using
a) irony.
b) simile.
c) understatement.
d) personification. (a)
8. That the
Nun is worldly is supported by the fact that
a) "her nose was elegant, that her eyes were
glass-grey".
b) "she used to weep if she but saw a mouse".
c) "her mouth was very small, but soft and red".
d) she was "pleasant and friendly in her ways". (d)
9. The trip
to Canterbury is an important plot device for Chaucer because it
a) allows characters to meet.
b) brings together persons of diverse social rank in a natural way.
c) allows Chaucer a chance to make fun of the church.
d) was a popular pilgrimage of the time (b)
10. Which is
NOT characteristic of Chaucer's style?
a) realism
b) vivid description
c) irony
d) stock (stereotyped) characters (d)
11. In the
"Prologue" to Canterbury Tales, the pilgrim who preached with
a "honey tongue" to win silver from the crowd was the
a) Friar.
b) Summoner.
c) Pardoner.
d) Parson. (c)
12. The
narrator in the "Prologue" to Canterbury Tales pretends to be
a) naive.
b) irritable.
c) immoral.
d) witty. (a)
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In the Prologue to The Canterbury Tales, the Parson’s
brother is the
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Doctor.
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b.
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Knight.
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c.
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Plowman.
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d.
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Oxford Cleric.
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2.
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The Canterbury Tales is structured as a
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parody.
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b.
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folk ballad.
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c.
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melodrama.
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d.
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frame story.
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3.
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In the opening lines of “The Prologue” to The Canterbury
Tales, the narrator
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criticizes chivalry.
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b.
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attacks the corruption in the Church.
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c.
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rejoices in the renewing cycle of life.
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d.
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establishes the ideal of the Renaissance
man.
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4.
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The narrator in “The Prologue” to The Canterbury Tales appears
to be
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naive.
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b.
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irritable.
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c.
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immoral.
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d.
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anti-social.
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5.
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In “The Prologue” to The Canterbury Tales, the pilgrim
whose profession gives him “a special love of gold” is the
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Parson.
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b.
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Doctor.
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c.
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Summoner.
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d.
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Franklin.
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6.
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In “The Prologue” to The Canterbury Tales, Chaucer’s
characters are
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on a religious pilgrimage.
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b.
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part of a wedding party.
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c.
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in a riding club.
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d.
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on their way to the Holy Land.
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7.
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Chaucer’s Wife of Bath is
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shy.
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b.
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patient.
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c.
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independent.
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d.
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humourless.
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8.
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Immediately prior to joining the other pilgrims in Chaucer’s The
Canterbury Tale, the Knight had
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been at court.
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b.
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gone to visit his rural estate.
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c.
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been engaged in battles overseas.
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d.
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bought new clothes for the pilgrimage.
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9.
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In “The Prologue” to The Canterbury Tales, the pilgrim
who neglects his religious duties in order to hunt is the
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Parson.
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b.
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Monk.
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c.
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Pardoner.
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d.
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Summoner.
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10.
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In describing the Friar as “a noble pillar to his Order,”
Chaucer uses
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epigram.
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b.
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irony.
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c.
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inversion.
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d.
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apostrophe.
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