Deck 1: Chaucer and Shakespeare

Question 1

In the prologue to the Canterbury Tales, the parson's brother is the

A)doctor
B)knight
C)oxford cleric
D)plowman

Answer 1

plowman

Question 2

The Canterbury Tales is structured as a

A)parody
B)folk ballad
C)melodrama
D)frame story

Answer 2

frame story

Question 3

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

Answer 3

rejoices in the renewing cycle of life

Question 4

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

Question 5

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

Question 6

Chaucer's wife of Bath is

A)shy
B)patient
C)independent
D)humourless

Question 7

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

Question 8

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

Question 9

In describing the friar as "a noble pillar to his Order", Chaucer uses

A)epigram
B)irony
C)inversion
D)apostrophe

Question 10

Shall I compare thee to a Summer's day is sonnet number _____

A)15
B)20
C)18
D)26

Question 11

The sonnet is addressed to a ____

A)young man
B)young woman
C)old man
D)beautiful girl

Question 12

How many sonnets did Shakespeare write?

A)123
B)148
C)188
D)154

Question 13

Shakespeare's sonnets were published in ____

A)1611
B)1609
C)1599
D)1623

Question 14

Who was the publisher of Shakespeare's sonnets?

A)richard burbage
B)cuthbert burbage
C)thomas thorpe
D)henry wriothesley

Question 15

Who is known as the Bard of Avon?

A)christopher marlowe
B)john milton
C)william shakespeare
D)ben jonson

Question 16

How many narrative poems did Shakespeare write?

A)2
B)4
C)5
D)1

Question 17

Venus and Adonis were published in ____

A)1598
B)1592
C)1593
D)1594

Question 18

The Rape of Lucrece was written by ____

A)alexander pope
B)john dryden
C)geoffrey chaucer
D)william shakespeare

Question 19

Who introduced sonnets in England?

A)wyatt and surrey
B)sidney and spenser
C)marlowe and shakespeare
D)shakespeare and jonson

Question 20

Who wrote the poem, The Canonization?

A)john milton
B)john webster
C)john donne
D)john lyly

Question 21

John Donne is a representative of the _____

A)metaphysical poets
B)romantic poets
C)neo-classical poets
D)war poets

Question 22

The Canonization was published in ____

A)1632
B)1634
C)1631
D)1633

Question 23

The Sun Rising was written by ____

A)john donne
B)william shakespeare
C)andrew marvell
D)richard crawshaw

Question 24

Find the odd one out.

A)john donne
B)john milton
C)andrew marvell
D)richard crawshaw