Who wrote Canterbury Tales ?

Related Mcqs:

1. The Canterbury Tales is an unfinished work, wherein each pilgrim was supposed to tell more than one tale. How many tales did Chaucer originally envision each pilgrim telling ?

   A. four
   B. six
   C. two
   D. one

2. Where were the pilgrims going in the Canterbury tales ?

   A. To the shrine of st. Peter at Canterbury cathedral
   B. To the shrine of saint thomas becket at canterbury cathedral
   C. both A and B
   D. None of these

3. When did Geoffrey Chaucer start working on The Canterbury Tales ?

   A. Early 1370s
   B. In 1364
   C. Early 1380s
   D. In 1376

4. Chaucer’s “The Canterbury Tales” ?

   A. The court of Richard II
   B. The church
   C. The military
   D. The literary tradition

5. Which of the following characters from “The Canterbury Tales” might represent the rising middle class of the 14th century ?

   A. The merchant
   B. The knight
   C. The prioress
   D. The plowman

6. What does Chaucer write concerning the devastating effect of the Black Death upon English social, cultural, and economic life in “The Canterbury Tales” ?

   A. Priests died in great numbers.
   B. Rent prices increased because of the market boom.
   C. The upper classes were burdened by their monopoly of scarce resources.
   D. Chaucer wrote no direct descriptions.

7. Which of the following statements about The Canterbury Tales is true ?

   A. The Wife of Bath, The Clerk, Sir Gawain and The Franklin are characters and tale-tellers in this work.
   B. “The General Prologue’ is appended to The Canterbury Tales.
   C. In all, Chaucer tells thirty tales in this work.
   D. The Canterbury Tales remained unfinished at the time of its author’s death.

8. The Canterbury Tales is written by ___________?

   A. John Gower
   B. Julian of Norwich
   C. Geoffrey Chaucer
   D. William Langland

   Submitted by: Ali Hassan

9. in which language the stories of Canterbury tale are written ?

   A. French
   B. Latin
   C. Middle english
   D. English

10. Why did the rebels of 1381 target the church, beheading the archbishop of Canterbury ?

    A. Their leaders were Lollards, advocating radical religious reform.
    B. The common people were still essentially pagan.
    C. They believed that writing, a skill largely confined to the clergy, was a form of black magic.
    D. The church was among the greatest of oppressive landowners.