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The Canterbury Tales
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1
What answer does the old hag give the knight on condition that he marries her if it’s right?
Women want to be taken care of
Women wants are forbidden
Women want to be flattered
Women want to be in charge of their partner
2
Why are the pilgrims going to Canterbury?
Worshiping relics of Saint Thomas Becket
They are trying to tour
To meet King Henry
They are going to feast
3
What does traveling in the springtime symbolize for the pilgrims?
Love
Grace
Hope
Fresh starts
4
What season do the Pilgrims leave during?
Spring
Fall
Winter
Summer
5
How do the rioters treat the old man?
Kind
Respectfully
Undestanding
Rude
6
What is the name of the Inn they traveled to?
The Escape
The Motel
The Tabard
The Inn
7
During what time period did the Wife of Bath’s Tale occur?
Golden Age
Prehistorical Times
Medieval Times
Renaissance
8
What disease was killing everyone in The Pardoner’s Tale?
The flu
The black Plague
Zika Virus
The mumps
9
Where does the Old Man say the three boys can find death?
Under an old oak tree
When they die
In him
At his place
10
Why did the Knight get sentenced to death?
For robbery
For murder
For lying
For raping a women
11
Why were three of The Wife's husbands “good husbands?”
Rich, Old and Submissive
Good cooks
Dominant
Good in bed
12
What is the moral of the Nun’s Priest’s Tale?
greed is the root if all evil
Never trust a flatterer
Slow and easy wins the race
Beauty lies within
13
What travelers does the narrator want to describe?
Just the one's with the best stories
His own story
The men
All 29 of his companions
14
How long does the knight have to answer the Queen’s Question?
A year and a day
2 months and a day
A month
2 years
15
How many times has the wife of bath been married?
5
8
7
4
16
Who are the three men searching for in the Pardoner’s Tale?
Greed
Death
The wandering Jew
Jesus
17
What is the message being the wife’s story?
The truth will set you free
Secrets push people away
Don't be a jerk
Women can't keep secrets
18
In the Pardoner’s Tale who do the three rioters want to kill and why?
The king because he is a liar
An old lady because she tricked them
A thief because he stole their riches
Death because he killed their friend
19
What does the Pardoner say he’s against?
Envy
Greed
Lust
Love
20
What does the knight see when he returns to court?
A party
A dragon
Women dancing
Death
21
Does the knight choose the old woman to be ugly, loyal or young and beautiful but unfaithful?
He wants both
He let's her chose
Beautiful
Loyal
22
What does the host make everyone on the journey to Canterbury do?
Tell stories
fight
Ride donkeys
Eat food
23
Why does the Pardoner falsely claim his relics have healing powers?
To make himself look better
So people will pay him money to be "cured"
So people will worship him
He believes what he is doing is right
24
How many pilgrims are on this journey?
29
22
45
17
25
Death is characterized by using what literary device?
Personification
Hyperbole
Allusion
Imagery
