1550 Created on July 23, 2022 By Myprofessornote UGC NET English Quiz on Geoffrey Chaucer UGC NET English Literature Quiz 1 / 40 Chaucer wrote Romance of the Rose under the influence of Virgil Dante Guillaume de Lorris None 2 / 40 Which work of the Scottish Chaucerian imitates Chaucer’s House of Fame? Douglas The Place of Honor Douglas King Heart Alexander Barclay's The Ship of Fools Thomas Hoccleve's Regement of Princes 3 / 40 Who is known as the connecting link between Chaucer and Spenser Thomas Sackville Henry Keyword Roger Ascham Thomas Norton 4 / 40 ”Amor Vincit Omnia” in Chaucer’s prologue which means Love Conquer All Love Fatal Love is blind Love Wins All 5 / 40 Which of the following tales of Chaucer deals with the Chivalric romance of plasmon and Arcite? The Persons Tale The Miller Tale The Knight Tale Nun’s Tale 6 / 40 Which of the four chief dialects that flourished in the pre-Chaucerian period become standard English in Chaucer Time The East Midland The West Midland The North Midland None 7 / 40 How many ecclesiastical characters are portrayed in the prologue? 3 5 6 7 Ecclesiastical Character in prologue to the Canterbury Tales are in numbers seven, there are, the prioress, the friar, the monk, the parson, the clerk, the summoner, and the pardoner. 8 / 40 Who of the following is called ‘the morning star of the reformation’ John Wycliff Chaucer Langland Gower 9 / 40 The Hundred Years War fought between England and France Germany and France England and Australia England and Rome 10 / 40 The verse of Canterbury Tales consist of ? Rhymed Couples Unrhymed Couplets Both None 11 / 40 Which of Chaucer Works celebrates Saint Valentine Days? The Canterbury Tales The Book of Duchess The Parliament of Foules The House of Fame 12 / 40 In the Prologue which character is fond of hunting and riding? Monk Squire Frair The Wife of Bath 13 / 40 In Nun’s Priest’s Tale, the poor widow had —-sons. One Three Four Five 14 / 40 The Wife of Bath was Deaf Blind Dumb Sick 15 / 40 In which of the following work of Chaucer did Pandare appear ? Troilus and Cryseyde The Canterbury Tales The House of Fame Monk's Tale 16 / 40 Which of Chaucer’s work has the Trojan war as its background? Troilus and Cryseyde The Book of Duchess The House of Fame Legend of Good Women’s 17 / 40 Which work of Chaucer was an allegory on the death of Blanche? Legend of Good Women’s The Parliament of Fouls The Book of Duchess The House of Fame 18 / 40 Who has been called the morning star of the Renaissance? Chaucer Langland Gower Wycliffe 19 / 40 Which of the following Canterbury tale is based in part on a notable French Sermon of Friar Laurens.? Monk’s Tale Person’s Tale Doctor’s Tale Wife of Bath Tale 20 / 40 In which tale of Chaucer a daughter is killed by her father ? Squire's Tale The Monk Tale The Clerk’s Tale The Physician Tale 21 / 40 Which one of the following writer has no influence on Chaucer's work ? Homer Virgil Dante Ovid 22 / 40 Which of the following is Chaucer’s prose work? Treatise on the Astrolabe The Legend of Good Women Troylus and Cryseyde The House of Fame 23 / 40 Which one of the following works is not a work of Chaucer. ? The House of Rose The Legend of Good Women The Owl and the Nightingale The House of Fame 24 / 40 He was as fresh as the month of may” This line occurs in the Prologue. home does this line refer to? Doctor of Physic Squire Friar Franklin 25 / 40 Which of the following Tales in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales is in prose. ? The Monk’s Tale The Knight’s Tale The Parson’s Tale The Pardoner’s Tale 26 / 40 To which shrine are the pilgrims going? Shrine of Allah in Egypt Shrine of St.Lucas at Jerusalem Shrine of St.Thomas a’Becket at Canterbury Shrine of St.Agnes at Canterbury 27 / 40 What is the name of the Inn where the Pilgrims assemble for the night? Tabard Inn Temple Inn Southwark Inn St. Becket Inn 28 / 40 It is believed that the Host at the Inn was a real man. What is the name of the Host? Henry Bailly Hoary Bailly Horney Bailly Harry Bailly 29 / 40 How many women characters figure in the Prologue to the Canterbury Tales? Three Seven One Four 30 / 40 How many ecclesiastical characters are portrayed in the Prologue? Eight Seven Four Six 31 / 40 How many pilgrims in the Prologue to the Canterbury Tales represent the knighthood class? Three Four Five Seven 32 / 40 How many pilgrims in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales are going on the Pilgrimage? 29 20 26 28 33 / 40 In which month did Chaucer’s Pilgrims go on their pilgrimage? April May January August 34 / 40 Who says about Chaucer’s Characters ”Here is God’s Plenty”? Coleridge Pope Dr.Johnson Dryden 35 / 40 If Chaucer is the Father of English poetry, he is the Grandfather of the English Novel” Who makes this remark?A-B-C-D Coleridge Walter Pater Ruskin G.K Chesterton 36 / 40 ”Chaucer is the earliest of the great moderns” Who holds this view? Dryden Ben Jonson Matthew Arnold T.S Eliot 37 / 40 "Chaucer found his native tongue a dialect and left it a language” Who makes this observation? Walter Pater F.R Leavis I.A Richards Lowes 38 / 40 "With Chaucer is born our real poetry” Who holds this view? Addison Dryden Spenser Matthew Arnold 39 / 40 Who described Chaucer as ”The Well of English Undefiled”?A-B-C-D- Sidney Arnold Spenser Pope 40 / 40 4-Who called Chaucer ”the father of English poetry”? Dryden Spenser John Gower Arnold Your score isThe average score is 55% LinkedIn Facebook VKontakte 0% Restart quiz Share via: Facebook Copy Link More
