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WorksheetsThe Prologue of the Canterbury Tales
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 13mins
Which character pilgrim is described as “For he had carbuncles. His eyes were narrow, / He was as hot and lecherous as a sparrow. / Black scabby brows he had, and a thin beard./ Children were afraid when he appeared”?
The Host
Skipper
Summoner
Doctor
Who is the Canterbury pilgrim who is the son of the Knight?
Which character pilgrim is described as “still a student though, / One who had taken logic long ago, / Was there; his horse was thinner than a rake,/ And he was not too fat, I undertake, / But had a hollow look, a sober stare; The thread upon his overcoat was bare.”
Parson
Yeoman
Franklin
Oxford's Cleric
In which month did the pilgrims depart the Tabard Inn for Canterbury?
(a)
What is the name of the literary form, used by Geoffrey Chaucer, in which human vices, follies, abuses, or shortcomings are held up to censure by means of ridicule, humor, or irony
hypocrisy
satire
exaggeration
rhyme
Write three character descriptions of the Wife of Bath:
Write three character descriptions of the Skipper
Write three character descriptions of the Parson:
Which section of society is satirized the most in the Prologue...?
Nobility
Church
Bourgeoise
Peasants
Which was the character you liked or disliked the most? Justify your answer with examples from the text.
