CANTERBURY TALES QUIZ

Test your knowledge of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales pilgrims and themes!

A voyage taken for religious purposes is called a(n): holy vacation pilgrimage shrift atonement The pilgrim who had killed for Christ is: The knight The squire The yeoman The friar The pilgrim who tried to be upper class through using courtly manners and speaking French is: The friar The monk The parson the nun The pilgrim who truly lived the word of God was: The parson The monk The Friar The priest The most well-traveled pilgrim who had been three times to Jerusalem was: The monk The nun The parson The wife of Bath The pilgrims were traveling to: The Canterbury To the Shrine of St. Thomas Beckett To the shrine of a murdered martyr All of these The pilgrim who was a twenty-year-old boy who frequently thought about love was: The nun The wife of Bath The squire The friar The pilgrim who was a really good "con artist" who acquired money through begging was: The friar The monk The Parson The wife of Bath The pilgrims travel during The early spring Early summer Fall The middle of winter The Canterbury Tales was originally written in: Anglo-Saxon Old English Middle-Age English modern English Latin The pilgrim who liked to hunt and ride fast horses was: The nun The wife of Bath The monk The Friar The pilgrim who fed dogs with good meat, milk, and bread was: The wife of Bath The nun The monk The Friar The pilgrims all met Before their journey to Canterbury At the Tabard Inn and decided to travel together for safety All of these The pilgrims who compares himself to a shepherd who watches over his (her) sheep is: The friar The parson The monk The nun The pilgrim who had used the resources that he was born with to acquire wealth was: The wife of Bath The knight The friar The monk