The Canterbury Tales

What are the three rioters doing at the beginning of the story?

• Drinking!

• Laughing!

• Plotting Murder!

• Planning what they will steal next!

What passes by the rioters that catches their attention? 

• A coffee machine
• A talking donkey
• A coffin
• A pretty lady

The Pardoner thinks that ...

• Money is the root of all evil
• Greed is the root of all evil
• The devil is the root of all evil
• Women are the root of all evil 

Who are the rioters looking for in the tale?

• Heaven
• Death
• Money 
• Hell 

Which statement best describes the end of the Pardoner's Tale? 

• The rioters become rich
• The rioters meet death
• Death takes the gold florins
• Death takes a holiday

After the rioters abandon their search for Death, they murder each other. This is an example of ...

• Dramatic Irony

• Situational Irony

• Verbal Irony

• Poetic Irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.12

Why did everyone "especially" go on a pilgrimage to Canterbury?

• To visit the shrine of Beowulf
• to visit the shrine of Archbishop Thomas Becket
• To visit the grave of a beloved family member
• To visit the shrine of King Alfred the Great

"She'd had five husbands, all at the church door".

• wife of bath
• host
• pardoner
• miller

What was the prize for who told the best story?

• lunch
• dinner
• dessert
• drink

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

What time of the year are the pilgrims going on their religious journey?

• spring
• fall 
• summer
• winter

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10