In the Own and Nightingale the two birds suggest consulting Nicholas of Guildford King Alfred Richard Rolle King Henry III.
What kind of poem is The Owl and the Nightingale? Didactic Poem Debate Poem Fabliau Epic Poem.
How is the language in the Owl and the Nightingale? Dense and eloquent Colloquial Religious Dramatic.
What kind of reference is made to religion in The Owl and the Nightingale? The song of the birds is presented as a way to encourage proper religious thought and behaviour The birds are symbols of religious piety The struggle between the two birds represent the contrast between heaven and hell The debate between the birds is an allegory of the struggle against the wordly vices.
Who is the narrator of The Owl and the Nightingale? It's an unknown man who overhears the debate between the birds It's the Owl It's the Nightingale It's Nicholas of Guildford.
What do the the birds mostly argue on during their debate in The Owl and the Nightingale? Their physical appearance Their song Their ability to inspire good behaviour Their beliefs.
In which season is set the Owl and the Nightingale? Summer Autumn Winter Spring.
During what century did Chaucer live? 13th 14th 15th 16th.
In The Owl and the Nightingale who is the one to suggest a more diplomatic and courteous language? The Nightingale The Owl The narrator The author.
Historical evidence suggests that Chaucer may have died after being knighted by Henry V an outcast in Westminster Abbey poor.
In Chaucer's Clerk’s Tale, Griselda is a woman of capricious temperament and stubborn disposition of great beauty but complete faithlessness of limited intelligence and hostile temperament of loveliness, patience, and fidelity.
In Chaucer's Knight’s Tale, Arcite and Palamon both are in love with whom? Elizabeth Emilie Lady Constance the Wife of Bath.
In Chaucer's Miller’s Tale, what is the occupation of Alison’s jealous husband? Carpenter Merchant Miller Shepherd.
In Chaucer's Nun’s Priest’s Tale, how does the fox trick Chaunticleer? With bribery With flattery With insults With wit.
In Chaucer's Pardoner’s Tale, what are the young men looking for when they find the bushels of gold? a maiden a priest an old witch death.
In the Wife of Bath’s Tale, what was the knight’s answer to the question “what is the thing that women desire most?" authority in all matters eternal beauty sovereignty over their husbands superior intelligence.
Chaucer's Merchant’s Tale is about the corruption and hypocrisy of the church the deception of an old husband by his young bride the faithfulness of a loving wife the power of money over men’s actions.
Which is the best description of the Wife of Bath? a gap-toothed woman who has been married five times a gentle lady who is delicate and well-educated a hateful and spiteful woman who argues constantly a quiet and shy lady who is afraid of men.
Which of the following pilgrims in the Canterbury Tales comes the closest to being the ideal religious leader? the Friar the Monk the Pardoner the Parson.
In the Canterbury Tales who are the pilgrims traveling to Canterbury to receive blessings from? Henry II John Badby St. Thomas Becket The Pope.
In the Canterbury Tales why are the pilgrims going to Canterbury? To meet King Henry III To worship the relics of Saint Thomas Becket To see a medieval mystery play Because they are tourists.
In the Canterbury Tales what does the Squire wear? A velvet doublet and hose Cloth embroidered with flowers Green and peacock-blue hunting gear A beaver hat.
Who marries Emelye in Chaucer's Knight’s Tale? Theseus Saturn Arcite Palamon.
Who is branded by a red-hot poker in Chaucer's Miller’s Tale? Nicholas John Absolon Alisoun.
Which of the following Chaucer's tales is a fabliau? The Knight’s Tale The Wife of Bath’s Tale The Nun’s Priest’s Tale The Miller’s Tale.
Which pilgrim in the Canterbury Tales has a forked beard? The Summoner The Merchant The Reeve The Physician.
What is the moral of Chaucer's Nun’s Priest’s Tale? Slow and easy wins the race Greed is the root of all evil Beauty lies within Never trust a flatterer.
What is the Wife of Bath’s Prologue about? Her life with her five different husbands How women deserve to hold high public offices just like men Ovid’s Metamorphoses A philosophical treatise on the astrolabe.
When does The Canterbury Tales take place? In the Renaissance In pre-Christian Britain In the late fourteenth century During the Norman invasion.
For which social classes did Chaucer write? The nobility All levels of society Illiterate peasants Merchants.
What was Chaucer’s profession? Poet Merchant Civil servant Noble.
How many Canterbury Tales are there? 24 38 21 50.
What is a romance? An erotic tale of love and passion A story of knights, ladies, quests, and love A cheap book you buy from a drugstore A story about Romans.
Which tale qualifies as part of a medieval sermon? (Canterbury Tales) The Wife of Bath’s Tale The Tale of Melibee The Physician’s Tale The Pardoner’s Tale.
Which pilgrims are most richly attired in the Canterbury Tales? Miller, Yeoman, Summoner, Chaucer Wife of Bath, Squire, Monk, Physician, Franklin Knight, Nun’s Priest, Parson, Pardoner Friar, Reeve, Manciple, Man of Law.
Which tales of the Canterbury Tales take place in the Orient? The Wife of Bath’s Tale and the Nun’s Priest’s Tale The Prioress’s Tale and the Knight’s Tale The Man of Law’s Tale and the Squire’s Tale The Miller’s Tale and the Clerk’s Tale.
In the Canterbury Tales which pilgrim carries a brooch inscribed with Latin words meaning “Love Conquers All”? The Prioress The Wife of Bath The Monk The Squire.
At what time of year does the pilgrimage of the Canterbury Tales take place? In the dead of winter In the height of spring “That time of year when yellow leaves . . . hang upon these boughs” On a midsummer night.
Which characters of the Canterbury Tales are connected to the Church? The Prioress, the Monk, the Friar, the Summoner, and the Pardoner The Miller, the Ploughman, and the Reeve The Knight, the Manciple, and the Host The Canon’s Yeoman, the Physician, the Clerk, and the Man of Law.
Which tale of the Canterbury Tales is about a talking falcon? The Nun’s Priest’s Tale The Franklin’s Tale The Canon’s Yeoman’s Tale The Squire’s Tale.
Which tales of the Canterbury Tales are about the patient suffering of women? The Wife of Bath’s Tale and the Prioress’s Tale The Man of Law’s Tale, the Clerk’s Tale, and the Physician’s Tale The Knight’s Tale, the Cook’s Tale, and the Nun’s Priest’s Tale The Tale of Melibee, the Parson’s Tale, and the Friar’s Tale.
In the Canterbury Tales why does the Pardoner upset the Host? The Pardoner is homosexual The Pardoner tries to sell indulgences to the pilgrims, after he has already told them that he cheats people The Pardoner refuses to give the Host an indulgence The Pardoner has physically attacked the Host with his heavy bag of relics.
Who wrote The Canterbury Tales? Sir Gawain Chaucer Gower Shakespeare.
What is the first Canterbury Tale? The Cook's Tale The Miller's Tale The Knight's Tale The Reeve's Tale.
Which tale of the Canterbury Tales in the first fragment seems to be unfinished? The Miller's Tale The Knight's Tale The Cook's Tale The Reeve's Tale.
Which tale in the Canterbury Tales tells the story of Symkyn the miller? The Reeve's Tale The Wife of Bath's Tale The Shipman's Tale The Miller's Tale.
Which characters are in love with Alison in Chaucer's Miller's Tale? Absolon and Nicholas John, Absolon and Nicholas Absolon and Gervase Gervase and Nicholas.
What is the name of the carpenter in Chaucer's Miller's Tale? Fred Nicholas John Absolon.
Who farts in Absolon's face in the Canterbury Tales? Alison Gervase John Nicholas.
Who cries out "water" because their arse has been branded with a hor iron in the Canterbury Tales? John Nicholas Absolon Alison.
What is the genre of tales to which Chaucer's Miller's Tale might belong? Fabliau Romance Prose poem Modernist narrative.
Which two characters are thought to be indistinguishable from each other in Chaucer's Knight's Tale? Theseus and Hippolyta Theseus and Palamon Arcite and Theseus Arcite and Palamon.
Who dies at the end of Chaucer's Knight's Tale? Theseus Palamon Arcite Hippolyta.
How many husbands has Chaucer's Wife of Bath had? 3 4 5 1.
What's Chaucer's Wife of Bath's first name? Bertha She isn't given a first name, she's just "the wife" Alison Absolon.
From which ailment suffers Chaucer's Wife of Bath? Leprosy Muteness Deafness Blindness.
What does the wife of Bath claims to hate in the Canterbury Tales? Cattle Men Clerks and glossing Eating.
In the General Prologue of the Canterbury Tales, which character is swathed in ten pounds of cloth? The Reeve The Miller The Summoner The Wife of Bath.
Which two characters of the Canterbury Tales are sometimes read as a homosexual couple? The Miller and the Reeve The Friar and the Summoner The Summoner and the Pardoner Chaucer and the Reeve.
Chaucer is... Not the writer of the Canterbury tales a character in the pilgrimage, and the author of the work as a whole an imaginary character in the pilgrimade the author.
Which pilgrim of the Canterbury Tales throws a book into the fire? The wife of Bath The miller the shipman the reeve.
In the Canterbury Tales what does the Man of Law refuse to tell a tale about? Blackmail Incest Christians Murder.
In the Canterbury Tales who interrupts the Parson just before he is to tell his tale? the shipman the reeve the manciple the summoner.
What's the name of the host in the Canterbury Tales? Harry Baily Roger Warren Roger of Ware Geoffrey Chaucer .
In which century was Chaucer born? 12th 13th 14th 15th.
What is the title of the earliest of Chaucer's poems, written some time between 1369 and 1372? The Book of the Abbess The Book of the Duchess The Book of the Countess The Book of the Governess.
In The Canterbury Tales, what is the name of the inn where the pilgrims meet before their journey? The Tabard The Talbot The Tolbooth The Tivoli.
Chaucer's father and grandfather were both what? Bakers Brewers Butchers Vintners.
What name is now given to the language in which Chaucer worked? Early English New English Middle English Old English.
Which character in The Canterbury Tales is a little deaf following a blow to the head from one of her husbands? The Wife of Bath The Wife of Bristol The Reeve The Miller.
Which of the tale tellers in the Canterbury Tales has a conspicuous hairy wart? The Coachman The Miller The Tailor The Weaver.
Chaucer served in the English army under which king? Henry III Edward II Richard II Edward III.
Which of the following has been named after Chaucer? A bird discovered in the rainforest A Catholic mission A crater on the Moon A programming language.
What distinction does Chaucer hold at Westminster Abbey? He was the first commoner to be given a priest's funeral He is the first poet to have been buried there in "Poet's Corner" Every year, his grave is the final stop on a re-enactment of The Canterbury Tales His tombstone is the only one with an eternal flame.
Which author wrote a short story about a Chaucerian scholar? Rudyard Kipling John Cheever Ernest Hemingway Ray Bradbury.
What part-time job did Chaucer once hold? Candle maker Collecting scrap metal Janitor at a cathedral Sheep shearer.
True or False: Chaucer was a POW during the Hundred Years' War True False.
What type of rhyme is Chaucer known to have invented? Internal Rhyme End Rhyme Rhyme royal Slant Rhyme.
Which of the following is NOT a period that Chaucer's works can be grouped? French period Italian period Spanish period English period.
In 1381, peasants used phrases from this work in their revolt rhetoric. Piers Plowman Noah's Flood Everyman The Second Shepherd's Play.
This work was written in Latin by a Breton cleric during the Middle English period. The Canterbury Tales Everyman Piers Plowman The History of the Kings of Britain.
Who, during part of the Middle English period, served as the archbishop of Canterbury? St. Jerome Venerable Bede St Thomas Becket St. Augustine.
Who dictated the first autobiography written in English? Margery Kempe Geoffrey Chaucer Julian of Norwich Geoffrey of Monmouth.
He translated "The Fall of Princes" from the French William Langland John Lydgate Geoffrey of Monmouth Sir Thomas Malory.
Who wrote a sequel to Chaucer's "The Nun's Priest's Tale"? Robert Henryson Margery Kempe William Langland John Gower.
Who wrote a series of Arthurian romances from prison? John Bunyan Sir Thomas Malory Geoffrey Chaucer William Langland.
This work was written in the East-Midland dialect, from which Modern English descends Piers Plowman The Second Shepherd's Play Sir Gawain and the Green Knight The Canterbury Tales.
What work contains these lines: "There hurls in at the hall-door an unknown rider . . . Half a giant on earth I hold him to be." Piers Plowman Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Morte D'arthur Canterbury Tales.
She wrote a book meditating on the meaning of her 'ghostly' visions Queen Anne Margarey Kempe Julian of Norwich Jane Austen.
This play contains the characters Coll, Gib, Daw, and Mak. The Second Shepherd's Play Everyman Noah's Flood Piers Plowman.
Characters in this play include Knowledge, Beauty, Five-Wits, and Discretion. Everyman Piers Plowman Noah's Flood The Second Shepherd's Play
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This Middle English ballad inspired many 20th century songs, including Bob Dylan's "A Hard Rain's A Gonna' Fall." Lord Randall A Gest of Robyn Hode Judas Bonny Barbara Allen.
In what Middle English ballad does the speaker say, "O mother, mother, make my bed / O make it soft and narrow. / Since my love died for me today, / I'll die for him tomorrow"? Lord Randall Bonny Barbara Allen Judas A Gest of Robyn Hode.
In "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight", Gawain engages in a "swap game" with his host. He takes three kisses and a magic belt from his host's wife. Which of these does he then return to the host? One kiss The magic belt The three kisses Two kisses.
What work begins, "It befell in the days of Uther Pendragon, when he was king of all England, and so reigned, that there was a mighty duke in Cornwall that held war against him long time"? Piers Plowman Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Le Morte d'Arthur Canterbury Tales.
This Middle English writer once escaped from Coleshill prison by swimming a moat. He also escaped from Colchester jail, apparently by fighting his way out. Sir Thomas Malory William Langland Geoffrey Chaucer Geoffrey Monmouth.
Who is the author of The Troy Book? Homer Virgil John Lydgate Geoffrey Chaucer.
What is The Troy Book about? The fall of Rome The rise of Greece The Trojan War The founding of England.
When did John Lydgate live? In the 12th century In the 13th century In the late 14th and early 15th centuries In the 16th century.
What is the structure of The Troy Book? It has one book that covers the entire Trojan War It has two books that cover the Trojan War It has three books that cover the Trojan War. It has five books that cover different stages of the Trojan War.
Which of the following works did John Lydgate draw on directly while writing The Troy Book? The Odyssey The Divine Comedy Troilus and Criseyde Beowulf.
What is the metric pattern of The Troy Book? Free verse Blank verse Rhyming couplets Sonnet.
What are some of the themes explored in The Troy Book? Love and friendship Honor, loyalty, and fate Wealth and power Religion and spirituality.
What is the main focus of the second book of The Troy Book? The events leading up to the Trojan War The Trojan War itself The aftermath of the Trojan War The founding of Rome by Aeneas.
When was the Pearl poem written? In the early 14th century In the late 14th century In the early 15th century In the late 15th century.
Where did the Pearl poem originate from? The south-west of England The north-west of England The south-east of England The north-east of England.
What is the story of the Pearl Poem about? A father who has lost his young daughter and is grieving for her deeply A mother who has lost her young son and is grieving for him deeply A father who has lost his young son and is grieving for him deeply A mother who has lost her young daughter and is grieving for her deeply.
What happens to the father in the Pearl poem? He falls into a dream and is transported to a beautiful garden He falls into a coma and wakes up feeling at peace He falls into a deep sleep and wakes up feeling at peace He falls into a nightmare and wakes up feeling scared.
What does the father see in the garden in the Pearl poem? His daughter, who is now a pearl among the flowers His son, who is now a pearl among the flowers His daughter, who is now a flower among the pearls His son, who is now a flower among the pearls.
What sources does the Pearl poem draw on? Christian theology and classical mythology Buddhist philosophy and ancient history Hindu mythology and modern science Islamic theology and contemporary literature.
What is the central symbolism in the Pearl Poem? The garden and the pearl, representing the beauty and perfection of heaven The ocean and the shell, representing the mystery and power of nature The mountain and the diamond, representing the strength and resilience of humanity The forest and the emerald, representing the diversity and complexity of life.
Who is the author of The House of Fame? Dante Shakespeare Chaucer Milton.
When was The House of Fame written? 14th century 15th century 16th century 17th century.
What inspired Chaucer to write The House of Fame? Shakespeare's plays Dante's Divine Comedy Milton's Paradise Lost Homer's Iliad.
How many parts is The House of Fame structured in? One Two Three Four.
What literary genre does The House of Fame belong to? Romance Tragedy Dream vision Comedy.
What is rhyme royal? A five-line stanza with a fixed rhyme scheme A six-line stanza with a fixed rhyme scheme A seven-line stanza with a fixed rhyme scheme An eight-line stanza with a fixed rhyme scheme.
What themes are explored in The House of Fame? Truth, illusion, and the power of language Love, war, and politics Religion, morality, and ethics Nature, beauty, and art.
What does the narrator see in the House of Fame? Different forms of fame and their effects on people Different forms of love and their effects on people Different forms of wealth and their effects on people Different forms of power and their effects on people.
What is the narrator's reflection on fame? (The House of Fame) It is everlasting and brings happiness It is fleeting and can lead to disappointment It is easy to achieve and maintain It is only for the rich and powerful.
Who wrote The Book of the Duchess? William Shakespeare Geoffrey Chaucer John Milton Samuel Johnson.
When was The Book of the Duchess written? Around 1368-1369 Around 1400-1401 Around 1450-1451 Around 1500-1501.
What is the metrical structure of the poem "The Book of the Duchess"? Free verse Sonnet Rhyming couplets with an ABAB rhyme scheme Blank verse.
What is the metric pattern of the poem "The Book of the Duchess"? Iambic tetrameter Iambic pentameter Iambic hexameter Iambic heptameter.
What is the genre of the poem "The Book of the Duchess"? Romance Tragedy Comedy Dream vision.
What themes are explored in the poem "The Book of the Duchess"? Grief, love, and consolation War, politics, and power Wealth, status, and luxury Nature, beauty, and harmony.
Who does the knight represent in the poem "The Book of the Duchess?" The narrator's desire to console the lady The narrator's desire for power The narrator's desire for wealth The narrator's desire for love.
What is the possible inspiration for The Book of the Duchess? The death of Blanche, the wife of John of Gaunt French poetry, particularly the Roman de la Rose Both None of the above.
Who is the author of Anelida and Arcite? William Shakespeare Geoffrey Chaucer Charles Dickens William Langland.
What is the poem Anelida and Arcite by Chaucer about? A princess who falls in love with a nobleman from a rival kingdom A knight who goes on a quest to find a magical sword A group of travelers on a pilgrimage to Canterbury A young woman who becomes a governess for a wealthy family.
What is of Anelida and Arcite? A play A novel A narrative poem A collection of short stories.
What is the plot of Anelida and Arcite by Chaucer? A tragic love story that explores themes of desire, jealousy, and betrayal A heroic journey of a young knight who saves his kingdom from an evil sorcerer A comedy of errors involving mistaken identities and romantic mix-ups A historical account of a famous battle between two kingdoms.
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