Chaucer Knights Tale Quiz
Subject
Humanities
Question Description
Read Chaucer: Knight's Tale then answer the questions. https://edu.americanhighschool.org/cdn/1/24130/Can...
1) What does Palamon say to support his greater claim to love Emily, over Arcite?
a. Palamon met Emily first
b. Arcite is crippled and therefore unworthy
c. Palamon is the older brother
d. Emily is in love with Palamon
2) What has tortured Arcite?
a. His feelings about Theseus
b. Knowing he cannot be king
c. The depth of his love for Emily
d. The killings at Thebes
3) What sentence do the princes receive at Thebes from Theseus?
a. Life in prison with no chance of release
b. A life of slavery
c. Exile from their home country
d. Execution
4) Why does Theseus attack Thebes and kill Creon?
a. Creon was gathering an army to attack Athens
b. Theseus and Creon were brothers who hated each other
c. Creon had forbidden the Thebian women from burying their dead
d. Creon killed Theseus’ father
5) Who ends up marrying Emily?