PGTRB TEST SERIES - 1

Which of the following is considered Chaucer's earliest major poem?

• Troilus and Criseyde

• The Book of the Duchess

• The Parliament of Fowls

• The House of Fame

Chaucer’s Troilus and Criseyde is primarily based on the work of:

• Boccaccio

• Petrarch

• Dante

• Ovid

The original source of The Knight’s Tale is:

• The Decameron

• Teseida by Boccaccio

• Aesop’s Fables

• Historia Regum Britanniae

Who interrupts the Monk's Tale in The Canterbury Tales?

• The Knight

• The Host

• The Wife of Bath

• The Pardoner

What is the meter used in The Canterbury Tales?

• Iambic Tetrameter

• Iambic Hexameter

• Iambic Pentameter

• Trochaic Pentameter

In The General Prologue, the Pilgrims assemble at:

• Winchester Cathedral

• Westminster Abbey

• Tabard Inn

• St. Paul’s

Which tale in The Canterbury Tales is told in prose?

• The Miller’s Tale

• The Parson’s Tale

• The Friar’s Tale

• The Prioress’s Tale

The term “Rhyme Royal” is associated with which Chaucer work?

• The Book of the Duchess

• The House of Fame

• Troilus and Criseyde

• The Miller’s Tale

Which Chaucerian character is described as having a gap-tooth?

• The Prioress

• The Wife of Bath

• The Miller

• The Pardoner

 Who is the first pilgrim to tell a tale in The Canterbury Tales?

• The Knight

• The Host

• The Miller

• The Squire