The Canterbury Tales Test Review Quizzes With
Correct Solutions Graded A+ Pass 100%
"The Wife of Bath's Tale" in itself is an example of a story within a story, or a ____ - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔✔ -frame tale (frame story)
According to the old wife, the fact that she's poor is actually a virtue, since poverty brings one
closer to ____ - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -God (or Christ)
According to the old wife, what is the thing that women most desire? - CORRECT ANSWER
✔✔ -equality in marriage
At the end of her tale, the wife of Bath requests that the Lord send women "husbands meek and
young and fresh in bed" who can be "governed by their wives". What does she wish upon those
old, stingy misers who don't grant their wives any authority? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -Death
During which century is The Canterbury Tales written in? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -The
14th Century
During which month do the pilgrims set off on this pilgrimage to Canterbury? - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔✔ -April
Each pilgrim will tell how many stories? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -4 (2 on the way there and
2 on the way back)
How many pilgrims, excluding the narrator, are gathered at the beginning of "The Prologue"? -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -29 pilgrims
How many times was Wife of Bath married? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -Five
, In what way is "The Pardoner's Tale" ironic? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -- 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).
Medieval Social Theory was divided into how many categories and what were they? -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -There were three broad classes, called "estates": the military, the
clergy, and the laity
Translate the Latin "Radix malorum est cupiditas" into English. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -
"Greed is the root of all evil."
What crime does the knight commit? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -he rapes a maiden
What did the Friar keep in his pocket and why? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -Pins and Pocket-
Knives to charm young girls?
What is an allegory? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -Narrative that has both literal and deeper
symbolic meanings
What is pilgrimage? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -Visitation to a religious place or holy shrine
What is significant about the Nun trying to speak french with a Parisian accent? - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔✔ -She is trying to "counterfeit a courtly kind of grace", and is trying to be
sophisticated.
Correct Solutions Graded A+ Pass 100%
"The Wife of Bath's Tale" in itself is an example of a story within a story, or a ____ - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔✔ -frame tale (frame story)
According to the old wife, the fact that she's poor is actually a virtue, since poverty brings one
closer to ____ - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -God (or Christ)
According to the old wife, what is the thing that women most desire? - CORRECT ANSWER
✔✔ -equality in marriage
At the end of her tale, the wife of Bath requests that the Lord send women "husbands meek and
young and fresh in bed" who can be "governed by their wives". What does she wish upon those
old, stingy misers who don't grant their wives any authority? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -Death
During which century is The Canterbury Tales written in? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -The
14th Century
During which month do the pilgrims set off on this pilgrimage to Canterbury? - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔✔ -April
Each pilgrim will tell how many stories? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -4 (2 on the way there and
2 on the way back)
How many pilgrims, excluding the narrator, are gathered at the beginning of "The Prologue"? -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -29 pilgrims
How many times was Wife of Bath married? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -Five
, In what way is "The Pardoner's Tale" ironic? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -- 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).
Medieval Social Theory was divided into how many categories and what were they? -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -There were three broad classes, called "estates": the military, the
clergy, and the laity
Translate the Latin "Radix malorum est cupiditas" into English. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -
"Greed is the root of all evil."
What crime does the knight commit? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -he rapes a maiden
What did the Friar keep in his pocket and why? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -Pins and Pocket-
Knives to charm young girls?
What is an allegory? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -Narrative that has both literal and deeper
symbolic meanings
What is pilgrimage? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -Visitation to a religious place or holy shrine
What is significant about the Nun trying to speak french with a Parisian accent? - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔✔ -She is trying to "counterfeit a courtly kind of grace", and is trying to be
sophisticated.
