Canterbury Tales Review

Why are the travelers going to Canterbury?

• They are on a pilgrimage to visit the healing waters of Aquinas

• They are on a pilgrimage to see the relics of St. Thomas Beckett

• They are on a pilgrimage to see King Thomas Beckett

• They are on a pilgrimage to to visit the Shakespearean theater of Canterbury

What does the Host propose to the group?

• They they all sleep in the barn where it is warm and they can see the stars

• That they stay a few extra days at the inn and have a story-telling contest

• That they promise to return to the Inn after their trip to Canterbury and recount it

• That they have a story telling contest on the way to Canterbury

The nun or Prioress was concerned with imitating what type of behavior?

• brave
• courtly
• unsophisticated
• loving

"He knew the taverns well...Better than lepers, beggars and that crew"

• plowman
• friar
• manciple
• monk

"Preferred to spend his money on books rather than on good clothes".

• wife of bath
• monk
• Oxford cleric 
• knight

"Was deeply in debt though no one knew it" 

• Merchant
• Squire
• Miller
• Host

"Carried a coral rosary with a locket inscribed in Latin, "Love conquers All."

• Plowman
• Merhchant
• Prioress
• Nun

Which of the following best describe the Prioress?

• forking beard, very knowledgeable, money management is his downfall
• fancy dresser, always wanted to be first at the altar, married 5 times
• very delicate and refined, emphasis on appearance, proper eater
• honest and hardworking, in peace and harmony with God and nature

Which of the following best describes the Doctor?

• big, brawny, tells dirty tavern stories, he plays the bagpipes
• skinny, bad-tempered, great bargainer, could predict next year's crop by studying and observing natural weather
• bright, he and apothecaries benefit from each others' trade, very well educated
• white beard, spent his money freely, well-liked by the other pilgrims

The upper classes spoke __________

• English 
• Latin
• French