List of Self Tests

These tests are intended for the use of those who are using the Learn to Read Chaucer Page (or anyone else who may find them useful). The tests for The Shipman's and Prioress's Tales concentrate on basic vocabulary. The rest are more or less randomly generated tests of the lines with page glosses in The Riverside Chaucer or The Canterbury Tales Complete. and they are therefore somewhat more difficult. See How to grade the self-tests. The first few tales are provided with tests (really checklists) on the Explanatory Notes.

FRAGMENT I

General PrologueTest #1  Test #2  Test #3
Check Notes to General Prologue

Knight's TaleTest #1  Test #2  Test #3  Test #4
Check Notes to Knight's Tale

Miller's Prologue and TaleTest #1  Test #2  Test #2 

The Reeve's Prologue and TaleTest #1 Test #2

Cook's TaleTest #1

Check Notes to Miller's Reeve's, and Cook's Tales

FRAGMENT II

Man of Law's Intro, Tale, and EpilogueTest #1  Test #2  Test #3
Check Notes to Man of Law's Tale

FRAGMENT III

(From this point onward, only one test is provided for each tale (except for the Shipman's and Prioress's Tales; the assumption is that students' command of the language will be such that a single quiz is sufficient for diagnosis of their progress.)

The Wife of Bath's Prologue: Test 

The Wife of Bath's Tale: Test 
Check Notes to Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale

(No further quizzes on the explanatory notes are provided; the assumption is that the reader who is this far into the tales has acquired the habit of using the glosses and notes and therefore no further tests are needed.)

The Friar's Prologue and Tale: Test 

The Summoner's Prologue and Tale: Test 

FRAGMENT IV

The Clerk's Prologue and TaleTest 

The Merchant's Prologue, Tale, and Epilogue: Test

FRAGMENT V

The Squire's Introduction and TaleTest

The Franklin's Prologue and Tale: Test

FRAGMENT VI

The Physician's Tale: Test

The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale: Test

FRAGMENT VII

The Shipman's Tale (basic vocabulary): Test #1  Test #2  Test #3

The Prioress's Prologue and Tale (basic vocabulary): Test #1  Test #2

The Prologue and Tale of Sir Thopas: Test 

[No test is set for the prose Tale of Melibee]

The Monk's Prologue and Tale: Test 

The Nun's Priest's Prologue, Tale, and Epilogue: 
Test 

FRAGMENT VIII

The Second Nun's Prologue and Tale: Test 

The Canon's Yeoman's Prologue and Tale: Test 

FRAGMENT IX

The Manciple's Prologue and Tale: Test 

FRAGMENT X

No test is set for the Parson's Prologue (too short) and Tale (in prose) nor for Chaucer's Retractions (in prose).