THE PRIORESS

What is the prioress’s real name

• Madam Walker

• Madam Trousseau

• Madam Eglatine

• Madam Danielle

What is written in the brooch?

• Plus ultra

• Amor vincit omnia

• Amen dico vobis

• Audaces Fortuna iuvat

who has a position of authority?

• Nun

• Prioress

What is the name of the Decameron’s novel ?

• The abbess and the priest’s trousers

• The abbess is in trouble!

• Priest birthday

• Isabetta, unconditional love

How has the figure of the prioress changed through the time ?

• Before: humble

  Today: highly respected

• Before: highly respected

  Today: humble

• Before: she gad a liberal interpretation of religious doctrine

  Today: she is a symbol of piety and virtue

what does Chaucer criticize?

• clergy

• crusades and wars

• ignorance of the nobles

• violence of the king

What does Chaucer use ?

• melancholy

• pessimism

• irony

why does the prioress have a symbolic significance ?

• symbol of the tensions between spirituality and wordly desires

• symbol of a girl who is trying to be successful

• symbol of the connection between materialistic pursuits and spiritual values

• symbol of the connection between her outward religiosity and her inner motivations

AND FINALLY , WHO IS THE BEST???

• EDOARDO

• ELENA

• DIEGO

• PIETRO