| Background Info | Places | Tattle Tales | Pardoner's Tale | The Wife's Tale |
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What are pilgrimages
Christians made THESE long annual trips to holy places
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What is England?
Name of the country in which this story is set
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Who is the innkeeper?
He suggested the fun of tale-telling on the long trip
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Who is Death?
The Rioters plan to kill HIM
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What is a year and a day?
The TIME that is given to the Knight to discover "What do women want?"
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What is spring?
It is the popular season for pilgrimages
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What is Canterbury?
It is the destination in the story
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What is a feast/supper [paid for by the others]?
It is the prize for the best tale
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What is a funeral procession?
This RITUAL (2 words) is happening at the beginning of the tale
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What is control?
It is the answer to "What do women want?"
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What is Medieval?
It is the literary period for the Tales
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What is Southwark [a suburb of London]?
The pilgrims will leave from this town
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What is 24?
It is the number of tales written by Chaucer
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What is stabbing?
Two rioters plan to kill the third rioter with this action
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What is marry the old woman?
The Knight's life is saved; in return, he must
do THIS for WHOM |
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Who is [Geoffrey] Chaucer
He is the author of The Canterbury Tales
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What is The Tabard [Inn]?
The Pilgrims spent the night "in" this place
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What are the levels of society? [Courtly = upper, Professional = middle, Tradesmen = lower,
ranks of the Church, but NOT peasants]
Chaucer's Tales are very important because he brings THESE together
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What is poison?
The youngest rioter plots to kill the other two rioters with this ingredient
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What is irony?
The Knight who married an old woman gets a young wife in the end. This is an example of literary _____.
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What is "the father of English poetry"?
It is Chaucer's honorary title based on his work
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Who is Thomas a' Becket?
The characters will visit HIS shrine
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What is the heroic couplet
This is the STYLE of writing Chaucer is known for and the one in which he composed his tales
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What is Greed?
It is the SIN committed by all three rioters (must have the category of sin and NOT the crime).
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What is Lust?
In the beginning, the Knight commits this SIN (must have the category of sin and NOT the crime).
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