1. The Canterbury Tales Review Round 1 Review Round 2 Review
Geoffrey Chaucer
Review
English IV
Mrs. Urbanec
Round 1 Review
Round 2 Review

2. Canterbury Tales – Round 1
Characters
The Prologue
Pardoner’s Tale
Wife of Bath
More Characters 20 40 60 80
100
Menu
Round 2

3. Epitome of Chivalry and Christianity
Characters– 20 points
Epitome of Chivalry and Christianity
Knight, Yeoman, Prioress, or Friar
Answer:
Knight
Category

4. Sentimental, tenderhearted Knight, Yeoman, Prioress, Merchant
Characters–– 40 points
Sentimental, tenderhearted
Knight, Yeoman, Prioress, Merchant
Answer:
Prioress
Category

5. Knight, Yeoman, Prioress, Cleric
Characters–– 60 points
Coat and hood of green
Knight, Yeoman, Prioress, Cleric
Answer:
Yeoman

6. Knight, Yeoman, Prioress, or Merchant
Characters–– 80 points
Extremely neat eater
Knight, Yeoman, Prioress, or Merchant
Answer:
Prioress

7. Wants money, not prayers for penance
Characters–– 100 points
Wants money, not prayers for penance
Answer:
Friar

8. In what month does the pilgrimage take place?
The Prologue– 20 points
In what month does the pilgrimage take place?
Answer:
April

9. Whose shrine are the pilgrims visiting?
The Prologue– 40 points
Whose shrine are the pilgrims visiting?
Answer:
St. Thomas a Becket

10. According to the host’s plan, each pilgrim would tell how many tales?
The Prologue– 60 points
According to the host’s plan, each pilgrim would tell how many tales?
Answer:
four

11. The Canterbury Tales was originally written in what language?
The Prologue– 80 points
The Canterbury Tales was originally written in what language?
Answer:
Middle English

12. The pilgrims were also called _______.
The Prologue– 100 points
The pilgrims were also called _______.
Answer:
Palmers

13. The Pardoner’s Tale– 20 points
What one specific sin does the Pardoner admit he is guilty of?
Answer:
Avarice (greed)

14. The Pardoner’s Tale– 40 points For whom are the three rioters looking?
Answer:
Death.

15. The Pardoner’s Tale– 60 points
How do the rioters eventually find what they are looking for?
Answer:
They kill one another in their efforts to get more gold

16. The Pardoner’s Tale – 80 points
How does the youngest brother kill the other two?
Answer:
Poison

17. The Pardoner’s Tale– 100 points List the seven deadly sins
Answer:
Avarice (Greed), Sloth, Lust, Gluttony, Pride, Anger, Envy

18. What is the knight’s original crime?
Wife of Bath – 20 points
What is the knight’s original crime?
Answer:
Raping a young woman

19. How does the old woman help the knight escape the queen’s punishment?
Wife of Bath – 40 points
How does the old woman help the knight escape the queen’s punishment?
Answer:
She tells him the secret of what women want

20. In return for saving the knight’s life, the old woman demands….
Wife of Bath– 60 points
In return for saving the knight’s life, the old woman demands….
Answer:
That he marry her

21. Which mythical king is mentioned in the first line of this tale?
Wife of Bath– 80 points
Which mythical king is mentioned in the first line of this tale?
Answer:
King Arther

22. He completely gives into her demands and truly loves her by the end.
Wife of Bath – 100 points
The knight’s final treatment of the old woman supports the old woman’s assertion about what women want because….
Answer:
He completely gives into her demands and truly loves her by the end.

23. More Characters – 20 points Spends his money on books.
Friar, Merchant, Cleric, Franklin
Answer:
Cleric

24. More Characters– 40 points Loud, garish; appears wise and busy
Friar, Merchant, Cleric, Sergeant
Answer:
Sergeant at Law

25. More Characters– 60 points Philosophical, studious.
Cleric, Franklin, Sergeant, Merchant
Answer:
Cleric

26. More Characters– 80 points shrewd in business yet his in debt
Merchant, Friar, Sergeant, Franklin
Answer:
Merchant

27. More Characters– 100 points Well-versed in astronomy and horoscopes
Answer:
Doctor

28. Canterbury Tales – Round 2
Characters
More Characters
Lord Randall 20 40 60 80
100
Menu

29. Calls sinners to church Reeve, Summoner, Pardoner
Characters– 20 points
Calls sinners to church
Reeve, Summoner, Pardoner
Answer:
Summoner
Category

30. Long, yellow, greasy hair; a despicable character.
Characters–– 40 points
Long, yellow, greasy hair; a despicable character.
Pardoner, Summoner, Host
Category
Answer:
Pardoner

31. Reeve, Summoner, Pardoner
Characters–– 60 points
Children fear him
Reeve, Summoner, Pardoner
Answer:
Summoner

32. Bold but tactful speaker Host, Pardoner, Summoner
Characters–– 80 points
Bold but tactful speaker
Host, Pardoner, Summoner
Answer:
Host

33. Pillowcase full of relics; corrupt.
Characters–– 100 points
Pillowcase full of relics; corrupt.
Answer:
Pardoner

34. More Characters – 20 points The ideal parish priest
Parson, Plowman, Miller
Answer:
Parson

35. More Characters – 40 points Steward at a law school, caterer
Manciple, Miller, Plowman
Answer:
Manciple

36. More Characters – 40 points Tells dirty tavern stories
Miller, Plowman, Parson
Answer:
Miller

37. More Characters – 80 points Well educated, devout, diligent
Parson, Plowman, Miller
Answer:
Parson

38. More Characters – 100 points
The four humors
Answer:
Doctor

39. Where had Lord Randall been?
Lord Randall – 20 points
Where had Lord Randall been?
Answer:
Hunting and having dinner with his love

40. Who killed Lord Randall
Lord Randall – 40 points
Who killed Lord Randall
Answer:
His girlfriend

41. What was the motive, or reason, for the murder?
Lord Randall – 60 points
What was the motive, or reason, for the murder?
Answer:
No motive is given in the ballad

42. Lord Randall is an example of a ballad whose structure is ….
Lord Randall – 80 points
Lord Randall is an example of a ballad whose structure is ….
Answer:
A question-and-answer conversation