Canterbury Tales Review

What was a code of conduct for a knight that included bravery, loyalty, and glorification of women?

• Primogeniture
• Chivalry
• The Domesday Book
• Ordeals

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What makes The Canterbury Tales a good reflection of the time period?

• All of the tales are biographical accounts of true events.

• All events reflect scientific achievements of the time.

• It tells of people in different social levels and occupations.

• It was written about events that occurred hundreds of years before.

In "The Wife of Bath's Tale," what is the Queen's riddle for Sir Salvio (51)?

• What Women Most Desire

• What Men Most Desire

• What Horses Most Desire

• Who Has the Most Power in all the Lands

What does Sir Salvio discover that women most desire (55)?

• Women most desire pizza.

• Women desire fun, parties, and to be young forever.

• Women desire to have children and feed their children.

• Women most desire to have their way in everything.

When Sir Salvio has to choose if his fairy wife is ugly and loving or pretty and unfaithful, what does he decide (57-58)?

• He decides she should remain beautiful.

• He decides she should remain ugly.

• He lets her choose.

• He leaves her and doesn't decide.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What kind of story is the Canterbury Tales?

• Romance

• Autobiography

• Nonfiction

• Frame

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The Canterbury Tales is an example of what type of story?

• bildungsroman
• roman a clef
• la nueva narrativa
• frame story

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is the term for the type of comedy that makes fun of some aspect of human nature or society?

• characterization

• satire

• anecdote

• emulate

4. What is a frame story?

• when you set someone up to get caught for a crime

• when characters in the story, or movie, tell stories that take place somewhere else

• when a character in a movie looks at the screen and talks to the audience

• when a group of strangers goes on a pilgrimage

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

How many times has the Wife of Bath been married?

• Two
• Three
• Four
• Five