Hassen 2123 BRCC British Writers Final
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The General Prologue
In what month of the year do most English pilgrims set off on pilgrimages?
March
April
October
December April
The General Prologue
What narrative perspective does Chaucer employ in the opening of "The General Prologue"?
third person
a first-person "I"
omniscience
free indirect discourse a first-person "I"
The General Prologue
What is the name of the inn in Southwark that is the pilgrims' gathering place?
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the Shawm and Tabour
the Reynard
the Tabard
the Savoyard the Tabard
The General Prologue
How many pilgrims are gathered at the inn, in preparation for a pilgrimage to Canterbury?
4
24
12
29 29
The General Prologue
The pilgrims, like the medieval society of which they are a part, are made up of three social
groups or "estates." What are the three estates?
royalty, nobility, and peasantry
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nobility, church, and commoners
country, city, and commons
royalists, republicans, and peasants nobility, church, and commoners
The General Prologue
Identify the character portrayed in these lines from "The General Prologue":
A lovere and a lusty bacheler, With lokkes crulle as they were laid in presse. Of twenty yeer of
age he was, I gesse. Of his stature he was of evene lengthe,And wonderly delivere, and of greet
strengthe. And he hadde been som time in chivachye,In Flandres, in Artois, and Picardye, And
born him wel as of so litel space,In hope to stonden in his lady grace. (lines 80-88)
the Squier
the Knight
the Frankelain
the Monk the Squier
The General Prologue
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Identify the character portrayed in these lines from "The General Prologue":
A trewe swinkere and a good was he,Living in pees and parfit charitee. God loved he best with al
his hoole herte At alle times, though him gamed or smerte, And thanne his neighebor right as
himselve. He wolde thresshe, and therto dike and delve, For Cristes sake, for every poore wight,
Withouten hire, if it laye in his might. (lines 533-540)
the Pardoner
the Person
the Plowman
the Somnour the Plowman
The General Prologue
In the Host's original proposal for the tale-telling contest, how many tales must each pilgrim tell?
two: one on the way to Canterbury and one on the return from Canterbury
two: one sad and one merry tale
four: two on the way to Canterbury and two on the return from Canterbury
Exam Study Set Questions With Complete
Solutions
The General Prologue
In what month of the year do most English pilgrims set off on pilgrimages?
March
April
October
December April
The General Prologue
What narrative perspective does Chaucer employ in the opening of "The General Prologue"?
third person
a first-person "I"
omniscience
free indirect discourse a first-person "I"
The General Prologue
What is the name of the inn in Southwark that is the pilgrims' gathering place?
, Hassen 2123 BRCC British Writers Final
Exam Study Set Questions With Complete
Solutions
the Shawm and Tabour
the Reynard
the Tabard
the Savoyard the Tabard
The General Prologue
How many pilgrims are gathered at the inn, in preparation for a pilgrimage to Canterbury?
4
24
12
29 29
The General Prologue
The pilgrims, like the medieval society of which they are a part, are made up of three social
groups or "estates." What are the three estates?
royalty, nobility, and peasantry
, Hassen 2123 BRCC British Writers Final
Exam Study Set Questions With Complete
Solutions
nobility, church, and commoners
country, city, and commons
royalists, republicans, and peasants nobility, church, and commoners
The General Prologue
Identify the character portrayed in these lines from "The General Prologue":
A lovere and a lusty bacheler, With lokkes crulle as they were laid in presse. Of twenty yeer of
age he was, I gesse. Of his stature he was of evene lengthe,And wonderly delivere, and of greet
strengthe. And he hadde been som time in chivachye,In Flandres, in Artois, and Picardye, And
born him wel as of so litel space,In hope to stonden in his lady grace. (lines 80-88)
the Squier
the Knight
the Frankelain
the Monk the Squier
The General Prologue
, Hassen 2123 BRCC British Writers Final
Exam Study Set Questions With Complete
Solutions
Identify the character portrayed in these lines from "The General Prologue":
A trewe swinkere and a good was he,Living in pees and parfit charitee. God loved he best with al
his hoole herte At alle times, though him gamed or smerte, And thanne his neighebor right as
himselve. He wolde thresshe, and therto dike and delve, For Cristes sake, for every poore wight,
Withouten hire, if it laye in his might. (lines 533-540)
the Pardoner
the Person
the Plowman
the Somnour the Plowman
The General Prologue
In the Host's original proposal for the tale-telling contest, how many tales must each pilgrim tell?
two: one on the way to Canterbury and one on the return from Canterbury
two: one sad and one merry tale
four: two on the way to Canterbury and two on the return from Canterbury
