The Canterbury Tales

Who is the author of the Canterbury Tales?

• Shakespeare

• Ovid

• Chaucer

• Homer

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The Wife of Bath's Tale: What crime does the knight in the Wife's Tale commit?

• perjury

• murder

• kidnapping

• rape

The Wife of Bath's Tale: What is the Knight's original sentence by King Arthur?

• banishment

• torture

• beheading

• imprisonment

The Wife of Bath's Tale: Who decided that the Knight should have a different sentence?

• The King

• The Queen

• The Maiden

• The Pardoner

The Wife of Bath's Tale: The hag gives the knight a choice of her being ugly & loyal or becoming young, beautiful &__?

• faithful

• dead

• unfaithful

• immortal

The Pardoner's Tale: The three young men at the beginning of the "Pardoner's Tale" originally set out to

• find gold

• kill Death

• play pranks

• learn the old man's identity

The Pardoner's Tale: According to the Pardoner, who makes the youngest man decide to kill his companions?

• a demon

• the old man

• the tavern keeper

• the Devil

The Pardoner's Tale: What is the main theme of “The Pardoner's Tale”?

• Death does not always come to those who seek it.

• Be wary of death.

• Gold causes death.

• Greed can lead to destruction.

The Pardoner's Tale: What kind of people are the rioters?

• Devout Christians

• Trouble-makers - drinking before 9 am

• Hardworking

• Good people

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• A story within a story
• A story about a specific time in history
• A story about a photo/work of art
• A story about a person bordering society

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