Dear Friends,
Chaucer is always a sure shot in the
NET exam. Take any previous question papers, you can see at least two or three
questions from Chaucer. Most often the question comes from his Magnum Opus The Canterbury Tales. Hence it is worthy
to study his characters and the nature of their stories. Now a days the direct
common questions are avoided. So here I have included some uncommon questions.
This is not comprehensive but will certainly help you.
At the same time, I will certainly request
you to dedicate some time for Chaucer apart from this. Thank you. All the best.
1.
One of the Tales in Chaucer's
Canterbury Tales is in prose. Which of these ?
2.
How
many ecclesiastical characters are portrayed in the Prologue ?
3.
Who
wears the golden broach with letters "Amor Vincit Omnia"
5.
How many mortal battles Knight fought for?
6.
“He is rogue, seducer of women and scoundrel.” Which character in
referred like this in the Prologue?
7.
“Of his visage
children were aferd.” About which character does Chaucer speak thus?
8.
Who
tells the Prioress “tale the biography
of Saint Cecilia”?
9.
How many pilgrims in the Prologue represent
Military Profession?
10.
----– is Chaucer’s prose work?
11.
How many
lines are there in The Prologue?
12.
What is the rhyme scheme of Chaucerian stanza
13.
Which pilgrims tale forms the last one in “Canterbury
Tales”?
14.
Who is referred as “the most modest man” and “as
modest as maid”?
15.
Who is referred as “a load of fire” and “ a
lover and lusty bachelor” ?
16.
What is the name of the Prioress?
17.
Who wears green hood and carries “bright and
keen peacock arrows”?
18.
Who is referred as the “noble pillar of order”?
19.
What is the name of the Friar?
20.
Who wears a “motley dress” and has a forking
beard in The Prologue
21.
Which character is referred as “there was no
busy a man as he”?
22.
Where did the shipman come from?
23.
What is the name of Wife of Bath?
24.
How many stories are told in the “Canterbury
tales”?
25.
The Pardoner hails from the hospital of?
Ans:
1.
The Parson's Tale
2. The Prioress, The Monk, The Friar, The Summoner, The
Pardoner, Parson, The clerk ( not an
ecclesiastical character but he is studying at church), The second nun)
3. The Prioress
4. The Monk
5. 15
6. The Monk
7. The Summoner
8. The Second Nun
9. 3
10. Treatise on the Astrolabe. (wrote for his son)
11. 858
12. ab ab bcc
13. The Parson’s
14. The Knight
15. The squire
16. Madam Eglantyne
17. The Yeoman
18. The Friar
19. Hubert
20.
The Merchant
21. The Sergeant of Law
22.
Dartmouth
23.Ansel
24.
24(21 complete)
25. Blessed Mary of Rouncivalle
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