Canterbury Tales!

Who wrote the Canterbury Tales?

• Anonymous

• Geoffrey Chaucer

• John Milton

• Mary Shelley

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which pilgrim looks like Santa Claus with a red beard?

• The Pardoner

• The Knight

• The Miller

• The Host

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What does the Pardoner do for a living?

• Sells real relics

• Sells fake relics

• Serves people's criminal sentences for them

• Dismisses them from court

How long does the Knight in the Wife of Bath's tale have to find the answer he seeks?

• A year

• A year and a day

• A week

• Twenty-three months

Where does the old man in the Pardoner's Tale tell the three partiers to look for death?

• Under a nearby tree

• In the town graveyard

• At their friend's house

• In the tavern

What is the name of the old carpenter in the Miller's Tale?

• John

• Absalom

• Nicolas

• Alison

Which of the following is an example of a Fabliau?

• The Miller's Tale

• The Pardoner's Tale

• The Wife of Bath's Tale

• None of these

What's located in Canterbury Cathedral?

• The shawl of St. Canterbury

• The corpse of St. Thomas Beckett

• The head of St. Rose of Avila

• The footprint of St. Michael

What's so special about the ending of the Canterbury Tales?

• They don't have one--Chaucer died while writing them

• They have a twist ending where no one wins the contest

• Canterbury is destroyed when the pilgrims arrive there

• Everyone dies of the plague before reaching Canterbury

What is it that women are said to want most in the Wife of Bath's Tale?

• Love

• Money

• Self-Sovereignty

• Attention