The Canterbury Tales Review

What is a frame story?

• A story that contains other stories

• Short tales told to illustrate practical moral lessons

• A style of narrative that tells tales of knightly adventures

• When the audience knows something the characters don't

What type of details is least directly connected to characterization?

• Dress

• Behavior

• Age

• Appearance

What is Chaucer's main objective in the Prologue of The Canterbury Tales?

• Analyze religious customs

• Reveal the narrator's thoughts

• Introduce his cast of characters

• Describe a typical pilgrimage

Which of the following best describes the Wife of Bath?

• She is a pious churchgoer and religious teacher.

• She is a well-traveled vendor of fine silk clothing.

• She is a veteran of several pilgrimages and marriages.

• She is the widow of a prosperous doctor in Bath.

The Pardoner earns money from all of the following activities EXCEPT

• Preaching against greed

• Begging from church to church

• Selling papal pardons

• Making and selling baskets

The pilgrims agree to tell tales during their journey in order to...?

• Preserve their stories for the future

• Win a free meal and entertain one another

• Learn about each other and reduce tensions

• Teach the innkeeper a lesson about pride

How many stories does each character have to tell?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

It is ironic that the Pardoner preaches against avarice because he is...

• Especially greedy

• A pious man

• A friend of the Summoner's

• Rude to the host

In the prologue to his tale, the Pardoner's view of his work is

• Unhappy

• Sorrowful

• Boastful

• Humble

In "The Pardoner's Tale," Death is portrayed as...

• Both the price of wickedness and an actual person

• Both a skeletal figure and an evil demon

• An old man selling wares by the side of the road

• An archangel who kills people through natural disaster/war