In the prologue of "The Canterbury Tales," Chaucer explains that "there's more to be said for pilgrimages than just seeing a holy place." What part of a pilgrimage does Chaucer find the most interesting?

"The Nightmare Beast of Firebrand Tail" tells a tale about Chanticleer. Chanticleer is a...

In "Death's Murderer's" the Pardoner tells a tale about the sin of GREED. Three friends, who are hunting Death find a "pot of gold" under an oak tree. Two of the friends send the third to buy food and drink to celebrate their luck of becoming rich. Which of the following events are part of the plot?

In the tale "What Women Most Desire," Sir Salvio must choose between having the ugly, but faithful hag as is wife, OR the beautiful but not-so-faithful fairy princess. Which does he decide to have as his wife?

In the Miller's Tale "A Barrel of Laughs," the Carpenter is fooled by his young and beautiful wife and her lover, Nicholas. As Nicholas puts his "rear" out the window for another of Alison's admirers (Absalom), what occurs to wake the entire neighborhood?

In the Knight's Tale, "Chivalry and Rivalry," Palamon and Arcite both fall in love with the same girl. Their arguments over their love for Emily destroy their once unbreakable bond as brothers-in-arms and cousins. Eventually they are forced to fight to the death in what type of medieval tournament event?

Bright and Spark, characters in the Reeve's Tale "Racket at the Mill," are attempting to get even with the Miller who steals flour from his customers. They sneak into the Miller's house in the middle of the night and trick the Miller's wife into beating him senseless in his own bed by moving what precious piece of furniture?

Sir Walter chooses the peasant woman Griselda as his bride in the Scholar's Tale "Test of a Good Wife." Griselda turns out to be a perfect wife and all of the people in the kingdom adore her. Sir Walter begins to "test" her, first resulting in her children being taken away and eventually leading to a divorce and new marriage to a beautiful younger bride. At the climax of the story, Sir Walter informs Griselda that he has been testing her, and in truth...

The Franklin's Tale "Love on the Rocks" involves a love struck squire, Aurelius, who attempts to "win" the love of another knight's wife, Dorigen. Aurelius makes his love known to Dorigen while her husband, Arviragus is away. He begs for a chance at love and has a tantrum at being rejected. Dorigen promises her love to Aurelius on condition that he completes an impossible task simply to get him to leave her alone. Aurelius takes her seriously and employs the help of a magician at great cost. The black rocks on the coast of Brittany disappear and Dorigen is forced to keep her word. Ultimately, Aurelius releases Dorigen from her promise as he realizes his actions are the opposite of honorable and do not represent the knight's code of chivalry. Aurelius learns an important lesson through the actions of Dorigen and her husband and keeps his word to pay the magician who helped him.

What phrase does Aurelius use that shows the lesson he has learned?

In "Snowy Crow," the Magistrate tells a tale of how the Crow lost its voice and became black as night. Each day when King Alexander returned home, he would ask the Crow to report on happenings around the castle. After witnessing the Queen's actions while the King is away, what type of conflict does the Crow experience?

In "Fools Gold," an alchemist works as a con artist going from village to village selling his secret formula for making silver. In the small village of Cheapside, the alchemist informs a wealthy Friar that he can show him the exact process and specific measurements of the precise materials to produce pure silver. At first, Brother Palm does not believe him and claims that he absolutely must see for himself. The alchemist uses slight of hand, slipping a piece of silver into the mixture, and thereby convinces Brother Palm that it is "truly" possible. Brother Palm, seeing an opportunity to become even richer than he already is, buys the alchemist's notebook containing every bit of information required to make pure silver for 40 pounds. Meanwhile, the alchemist skips town before Brother Palm can find out he has been duped.

The Friar tells of a Summoner who strikes a deal with the Devil in his tale "Going to the Devil." Whichever of the two finishes the day with the most profits from their work gets to decide where they will have dinner that night. In the Middle Ages, it was common for Summoners to falsely accuse people of sins they did not commit and threaten them with punishment through the Church unless they paid them off. The Summoner in this tale, who has befriended the Devil and has brought him along to an elderly woman's door. He is not successful in his dealings with the elderly woman and she ultimately seals his fate by...

May takes advantage of her elderly husband's blindness in "Old January and Young May," the tale told by the Merchant. In the garden, which January had built especially for taking walks with his young and beautiful wife, May and her romantic interest, Damian, are caught sharing what kind of fruit in a manner similar to the spaghetti dinner scene in Disney's "Lady and the Tramp" when January's sight suddenly returns?

In the Epilogue of The Canterbury Tales, who is chosen as the winner of the story telling contest?