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23 Cards in this Set
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What is the main purpose of the prologue?
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to introduse the important characters
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"the Pardoner's Tale" is an anecdote b/c it...
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gives a brief acount of an incident
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What moral does the Pardoner intend to convey to his audience?
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love of money causes corruption and death
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According to "P T", what has killed a 1000 ppl recently?
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the plague
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In to "PT" the 3 rioters are sure that they can Death, and yet they fail to see that they are falling into his trap. This is example of..
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irony
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The old man is offended by the rioters b/c they are..
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disrespectful toward him
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Which of the following is a central idea of "PT"?
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There is no loyalty among thieves
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in "TP" Chaucer, the narrator, comments that the Pardoner made more money in a day than the Parson made in a month. This statement implies that the Pardoner's tale is:
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Based on hypocritical motives
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Which of the following ppl in Chaucer's England would be most likely to make use of an exemplup
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priest
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The Wife of Bath states that the answer he is seeking might be
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Flattery, material things, widowed often
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What human flaw or weakness on Cantecleer's part most clearly results in his capture?
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vanity
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brief tale that points out a moral truth + usually features animal characters
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famble
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a genre that pokes at the abuses that occur within the 3 traditional classes, in particular, the elegy
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estates satire
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humor writing intended to point out human errors, flashhoods, or foibles
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satire
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occur when a character doesn't behave accordind to his social class
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situational irony
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parody of the epic style
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mock-heroic style
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King _____ of England was constantly battling w/ church
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Henry II
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He gave position of archibishop to
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Tomas Backet
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To make amends, the king condemned the crime and made a
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pilgrimage
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After his death, Chaucer was buried in _______
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Westminster Abbey
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which is now the _________
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Poet’s Corner of Westminster Abbey
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Where Chaucer met other pilgrims?
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Tabard
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which is suburb of
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London
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