Choose the only right variant to complete the sentence. The clerk who lived in the carpenter’s house was called … .
(*ответ*) hende Nicholas
Robin
John
Absolon
Choose the only right variant to complete the sentence. The Host interrupted the narrator because … .
(*ответ*) he considered this story to be very stupid and boring
he didn’t like the narrator and wanted to listen to somebody else
he was afraid that the story would end sadly
he had already heard this story before
Choose the only right variant to complete the sentence. The magician which Aurelius and his brother brought from Orleans … .
(*ответ*) removed all the rocks of Britain from man’s sight
managed to remove only one rock from man’s sight
couldn’t remove the rocks as he promised to
turned out to be a shady dealer
Choose the only right variant to complete the sentence. The merchant had a wife … .
(*ответ*) of excellent beauty
of excellent character
of rare ugliness
of terrible character
Choose the only right variant to complete the sentence. The merchant went to Bruges … .
(*ответ*) to buy there a portion of ware
to avoid debts
to have a rest there
to visit his parents
Choose the only right variant to complete the sentence. The merchant … .
(*ответ*) held a worthy house
could no afford a worthy house
lived in a small flat
was quite poor
Choose the only right variant to complete the sentence. The merchant’s wife asked Daun John … .
(*ответ*) to lend her one hundred franks
to move to their house
to visit them oftener
not to come to their house again
Choose the only right variant to complete the sentence. The merchant’s wife …. .
(*ответ*) was unfaithful to her husband
wanted to divorce her husband because she loved Daun John
loved her husband very much
has always been faithful to her husband
Choose the only right variant to complete the sentence. The Miller’s Tale is … .
(*ответ*) a comic tale reflecting the life of common people
a beast fable, embodying a literary device of which Donald Duck or Snoppy are modern examples
a burlesque of the metrical romances
an adaptation of Boccaccio’s Teseida
Choose the only right variant to complete the sentence. The monk was …
(*ответ*) twenty years old
fifty years old
thirty years old
forty years old
Choose the only right variant to complete the sentence. The tale of Sir Thopas is… .
(*ответ*) a burlesque of the metrical romances
a tragic love-story
a high-minded romance
a tragic story of the young knight
Choose the only right variant to complete the sentence. The young knight’s father was … .
(*ответ*) a lord in the country they lived in
a shipman
a miller
a monk
Choose the only right variant to complete the sentence. The young monk was … .
(*ответ*) the merchant’s best friend
the merchant’s relative
one of the merchant’s debtors
the merchant’s only enemy
Choose the only right variant to complete the sentence. This rich lout was … .
(*ответ*) a carpenter
a miller
a merchant
a scholar
Choose the only right variant to complete the sentence. What other work is The tale of Sir Thopas often compared with?
(*ответ*) Don Quixote
Troilus and Criseyde
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Guy of Warwick
Choose the only right variant to complete the sentence. When Arveragus had left, Dorigen … .
(*ответ*) was very unhappy, missing her husband immensely
was happy to be free at last and do whatever she wanted to
gave birth to a child
had a good time amusing herself in a company of good friends