The Canterbury Tales Test Review Questions and Answers 100% Verified Answers

.The Canterbury Tales Test Review Questions and Answers
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During which month do the pilgrims set off on this pilgrimage to Canterbury?
✓ April
How many pilgrims, excluding the narrator, are gathered at the beginning of "The
Prologue"?
✓ 29 pilgrims
What is the name of the inn in which the pilgrims are gathered?
✓ The Tabard Inn
Where is the inn, where the pilgrims are gathered located?
✓ Southwark
Whose shrine are the pilgrims preparing to visit?
✓ St. Thomas a Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury
Who was murdered in Canterbury Cathedral and in what year?
✓ St. Thomas a Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury and in the year 1170
Which pilgrim sings prayers "with a fine intoning of her nose"?
✓ The nun
Which upper-class pilgrim wore flowers, recited poetry, and stayed out all night?
✓ The Squire
Which popular member of the clergy lisped to sweeten his voice, especially in front of
the ladies?
✓ the Friar
Which white-bearded, cheerful pilgrim was called "Epicurus' very son"?
✓ The franklin

Which pilgrim would rather be out in the world than in his cloister?
✓ The monk
Which pilgrim sold false religious relics to rural folk?
✓ the Pardoner
Which garlic-breathed pilgrim yelled phrases of Latin when intoxicated?
✓ The summoner
Who volunteers to judge the story contest?
✓ The host
✓ Which pilgrim closely watches the market to get the best deals on food and drink
for his masters?
✓ the Manciple
Which pilgrim was feared like the plague by his inferiors?
✓ the Reeve
What were the rioters doing long before the morning bell?
✓ drinking in a tavern
Where does the old man say he last saw Death?
under a tree
✓ Translate the Latin "Radix malorum est cupiditas" into English.
✓ "Greed is the root of all evil."
When the youngest rioter draws the lot to fetch food and drink, he decides to also visit
an ____.
✓ Apothecary
In what way is "The Pardoner's Tale" ironic?
- In the beginning, the rioters foolishly set out to kill Death, which is ironic in itself.
- At the end of the story, the rioters actually die, which is ironic because:
a) they were supposed to be the ones doing the killing and
b) they were shown the way to Death by the old man (who might symbolize
death)
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