123 MCQ Bank – Chaucer’s Age
(Unit I, Module 1)
Section A: Historical & Social Background
1. The Black Death struck England in:
a) 1340
b) 1348
c) 1358
d) 1361
2. The Peasants’ Revolt occurred in:
a) 1321
b) 1351
c) 1381
d) 1399
3. Which war shaped English patriotism and literature in Chaucer’s time?
a) The Crusades
b) The Hundred Years’ War
c) The War of Roses
d) Norman Conquest
4. The Great Schism of the Church began in:
a) 1378
b) 1381
c) 1348
d) 1400
5. Chaucer’s age is marked by the rise of:
a) The nobility
b) The peasantry
c) The middle class
d) The monarchy
Section B: Geoffrey Chaucer – Life & Works
6. Chaucer is often called the:
a) Morning Star of Renaissance
b) Father of English Poetry
c) Father of Allegory
d) Poet Laureate of England
7. Chaucer was buried in:
a) St. Paul’s Cathedral
b) Westminster Abbey
, c) Salisbury Cathedral
d) Canterbury Cathedral
8. Chaucer’s Troilus and Criseyde was influenced by:
a) Virgil
b) Boccaccio
c) Dante
d) Petrarch
9. Which of the following is NOT written by Chaucer?
a) The Book of the Duchess
b) The House of Fame
c) Confessio Amantis
d) The Parliament of Fowls
10. Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales was written in:
a) Anglo-Norman French
b) Middle English
c) Old English
d) Latin
Section C: The Canterbury Tales & General Prologue
11. The frame narrative of The Canterbury Tales involves a journey to:
a) St. Paul’s Cathedral
b) St. Thomas Becket’s Shrine
c) Westminster Abbey
d) St. Peter’s Basilica
12. How many tales survive in The Canterbury Tales?
a) 12
b) 24
c) 50
d) 100
13. Chaucer planned how many tales originally?
a) 100+ (two by each pilgrim)
b) 50
c) 36
d) 24
14. The Knight in The General Prologue is an example of:
a) Satire
b) Ideal chivalry
c) Corruption
d) Commoner
15. Which pilgrim is described as “gap-toothed” and fond of love?
a) Prioress
b) Wife of Bath
c) Summoner
d) Miller
(Unit I, Module 1)
Section A: Historical & Social Background
1. The Black Death struck England in:
a) 1340
b) 1348
c) 1358
d) 1361
2. The Peasants’ Revolt occurred in:
a) 1321
b) 1351
c) 1381
d) 1399
3. Which war shaped English patriotism and literature in Chaucer’s time?
a) The Crusades
b) The Hundred Years’ War
c) The War of Roses
d) Norman Conquest
4. The Great Schism of the Church began in:
a) 1378
b) 1381
c) 1348
d) 1400
5. Chaucer’s age is marked by the rise of:
a) The nobility
b) The peasantry
c) The middle class
d) The monarchy
Section B: Geoffrey Chaucer – Life & Works
6. Chaucer is often called the:
a) Morning Star of Renaissance
b) Father of English Poetry
c) Father of Allegory
d) Poet Laureate of England
7. Chaucer was buried in:
a) St. Paul’s Cathedral
b) Westminster Abbey
, c) Salisbury Cathedral
d) Canterbury Cathedral
8. Chaucer’s Troilus and Criseyde was influenced by:
a) Virgil
b) Boccaccio
c) Dante
d) Petrarch
9. Which of the following is NOT written by Chaucer?
a) The Book of the Duchess
b) The House of Fame
c) Confessio Amantis
d) The Parliament of Fowls
10. Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales was written in:
a) Anglo-Norman French
b) Middle English
c) Old English
d) Latin
Section C: The Canterbury Tales & General Prologue
11. The frame narrative of The Canterbury Tales involves a journey to:
a) St. Paul’s Cathedral
b) St. Thomas Becket’s Shrine
c) Westminster Abbey
d) St. Peter’s Basilica
12. How many tales survive in The Canterbury Tales?
a) 12
b) 24
c) 50
d) 100
13. Chaucer planned how many tales originally?
a) 100+ (two by each pilgrim)
b) 50
c) 36
d) 24
14. The Knight in The General Prologue is an example of:
a) Satire
b) Ideal chivalry
c) Corruption
d) Commoner
15. Which pilgrim is described as “gap-toothed” and fond of love?
a) Prioress
b) Wife of Bath
c) Summoner
d) Miller
