Top 80+ Solved British Literature from Chaucer MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Who wrote the Canterbury Tales?
a. oscar wilde
b. sir gawain
c. geoffrey chaucer
d. william shakespeare
Q. In the prologue to the Canterbury Tales, the parson's brother is the
a. doctor
b. knight
c. oxford cleric
d. plowman
Q. In the opening lines of the Prologue to the Canterbury Tales, the narrator
a. criticises chivalry
b. attacks the corruption in the church
c. rejoices in the renewing cycle of life
d. establishes the ideal of the renaissance man
Q. In the prologue to the Canterbury Tales, the pilgrim whose profession gives him a special love of gold is the
a. parson
b. doctor
c. summoner
d. franklin
Q. In the prologue to the Canterbury Tales, Chaucer's characters are
a. on a religious pilgrimage
b. part of a wedding party
c. in a riding club
d. on their way to the holy land
Q. Immediately prior to joining the others in the pilgrimage to Canterbury, the knight had
a. been at court
b. gone to visit his rural estate
c. been engaged in battles overseas
d. bought new clothes for the pilgrimage
Q. In the prologue to the Canterbury Tales, the pilgrim who neglects his religious duties in order to hunt is the
a. parson
b. monk
c. pardoner
d. summoner
Q. In describing the friar as "a noble pillar to his Order", Chaucer uses
a. epigram
b. irony
c. inversion
d. apostrophe
Q. Who was the publisher of Shakespeare's sonnets?
a. richard burbage
b. cuthbert burbage
c. thomas thorpe
d. henry wriothesley