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The AuthorThe Time Period The PrologueThe Pardoner’s
TaleOther Tales
The Author
Who is the author of The Canterbury Tales?
Answer
Geoffrey Chaucer
The Author
To what group in society did the author belong?
Answer
The feudal group
The Author
What position in society did the author’s wife hold?
Answer
She was one of the queen’s
ladies in waiting.
The Author
The author was an amateur writer. What are two jobs
that he held?
Answer
He served as a statesman, member of Parliament, justice of the peace, and
deputy forester.
The Author
Who are two of the three authors/ philosophers who greatly influenced
the author.
Answer
Petrarch, Dante, and Boccaccio
Time Period
What religion/denomination was England during the 14th Century?
Answer
Catholic
Time Period
What is this time period
known as in England?
Answer
The Age of Faith
Time Period
What are the three groups
in this society?
Answer
Feudal, Church, & City
Time Period
Who were the most popular subjects in art during this time period?
Answer
Madonna & Child
Time Period
Who is the famous martyr for the church who was killed at Canterbury by Henry II?
Answer
Thomas Becket
The Prologue
What does the host propose that the pilgrims do on the journey
to Canterbury?
Answer
Have a story telling contest
The Prologue
What is the name of the inn where the pilgrims meet?
Answer
The Tabard
The Prologue
What is a frame story?
Answer
A story within a story
The Prologue
How many tales are actually told
in the book?
Answer
24 tales
(116 are proposed.)
The Prologue
What are the three types of genres in The Canterbury Tales?
Answer
Romance, Fabliaux, and Sermon
The Pardoner’s Tale
Where are the rioters before the morning bell?
Answer
The bar
The Pardoner’s Tale
For whom do the young men search?
Answer
Death
The Pardoner’s Tale
How is death personified
in this piece?
Answer
“a privy thief”, “lives near the village”, “speared him through the heart”, “went on his way without a
word”, “an adversary”
The Pardoner’s Tale
In the end, all three rioters die. How do they die?
Answer
The two older rioters tackle and stab the younger, and then drink the wine
that he had poisoned.
The Pardoner’s Tale
Why is this a good story told for a bad reason?
Answer
The Pardoner is telling the story in order to cheat people out of
their money.
Other Tales
In the Merchant’s Tale, in what compromising position in the pear
tree does January find May?
Answer
May (his wife) is having sex with another man.
Other Tales
In the Nun’s Priest Tale, how is Chaunticleer tricked by the Fox?
Answer
The Fox tells him that he has a beautiful voice.
Other Tales
In the Wife of Bath’s Tale, what do women most desire?
Answer
To have power over their husbands.
Other Tales
In The Miller’s Tale, of what does Nicholas convince the carpenter?
Answer
That there is a flood, and he is the new Noah.
Other Tales
In the Franklin’s Tale, how is the theme of what goes around comes
around proven?
Answer
Averigus tells Dorigen that she must keep her promise to Aurelius. He
forgives her of her debt due to Averigus’ honor. In turn, the
magician forgives Aurelius his debt.