Chaucer’s Poetry Quizzes

Chaucer's Poetry Chaucer Quiz

1 Chaucer is often referred to as:
The father of English drama

The first English poet

The son of English poetry

The father of English poetry
2 When was Chaucer born?
The 1350s

The 1360s

The 1340s

The 1370s
3 Of what social class was Chaucer a member?
Aristocracy

Bourgeoisie

Peasants

Proletariat
4 Where was Chaucer as a young teenager?
Living on his parents's estate

Working as a servant in a great house

Attending school

Working in his father's company
5 Who was England at war with during Chaucer's youth?
Italy

Spain

Germany

France
6 What is Chaucer's most famous work of poetry?
The Canterbury Tales

The Parliament of Fowls

The House of Fame

The Legend of Good Women
7 What is a dream-vision poem?
A poem framed as an account of a dream

A poem intended to incite visionary dreams

A poem written by someone while they sleep

A poem written to be recited by a mystic
8 Which of the following is NOT a conventional aspect of dream-vision poetry?
Presence of personifications

Multiple narrators

Fantastical elements

Beginning in springtime
9 Which of the following is NOT a dream vision?
The Legend of Good Women

The Parliament of Fowls

The House of Fame

The Canterbury Tales
10 Which of the following is NOT a typical aspect of Chaucer's poetry?
Satirical tone

Based in English poetic tradition

Use of frame narratives

Authorial self-awareness
11 Which of the following did Chaucer NOT translate?
The Consolation of Philosophy

The Roman de la Rose

The Legend of Good Women

None of the above
12 What is ekphrasis?
Work that employs a frame narrative

Detailed description of a work of visual art

Allusion to Greek mythology

Heavy use of figurative language
13 Which of the following did Chaucer NOT frequently allude to?
Germanic epics

Early Christian philosophy

French poetry

Classical mythology
14 What stanza form is Chaucer famous for inventing?
Rhyme royal

Heroic couplets

Limericks

Sonnets
15 What is iambic pentameter?
Lines of poetry composed of five pairs of one unstressed and one stressed syllable

Lines of poetry composed of six pairs of one stressed and one unstressed syllable

Lines of poetry composed of five pairs of one stressed and one unstressed syllable

Lines of poetry composed of six pairs of one unstressed and one stressed syllable
16 In which work does Chaucer first employ iambic pentameter?
The Book of the Duchess

The Legend of Good Women

The Canterbury Tales

All of Chaucer's work uses iambic pentameter
17 What distinguishes an author from a writer?
An author uses sources

An author has a persona

An author is included in the canon

An author writes literature
18 How does Chaucer generally portray people?
As sinners deserving condemnation

As fools who need to be taken care of

As motivated by secular concerns

As motivated by religious concerns
19 How does Chaucer usually present himself as a narrator?
As an intellectual authority

As a moral authority

As flawed, even somewhat naive

As a spokesman of God
20 Which of the following is LEAST concerned with the theme of storytelling?
The House of Fame

The Legend of Good Women

To Rosamond

The Canterbury Tales
21 Why did Chaucer spend so much time in Europe?
He was an aristocrat who could travel whenever he wanted to

He was exiled from England

He was a diplomat

He needed to go there to trade
22 Why does Chaucer include Greek gods in his poetry?
To explore new ideas and create a sense of fantasy

Because he was secretly a devotee of the religion

To show his frustration with the Church

None of the above
23 Which other major works of English poetry were written roughly during Chaucer's lifetime?
Revelations of Divine Love

Piers Plowman

Gawain and the Green Knight

All of the above
24 How was English seen when Chaucer was writing?
As a regional language without much cultural reach

As the language of poetry and culture

As the language of religion

As a common language basically everyone spoke
25 Which of the following did Chaucer never write?
A treatise on navigational devices

A translation of a major religious work

A short poem addressed to an aristocrat

A religious treatise

Geoffrey Chaucer, the morning star of the English poetry.

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Answered by jill d #170087 on 12/1/2021 5:08 PM