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26 Cards in this Set
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Who is the knight in the Franklin's tale?
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Arveragus
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Who is the knight's wife in the Franklin's tale?
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Dorigen
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Who falls in love with the knight's wife in the Franklin's tale?
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Aurelius
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Which tale is about a knight, his wife, and an admirer? The admirer makes all of the rocks on the cost disappear so she will love him.
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The Franklin's tale
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What is the moral of the Franklin's tale?
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Generosity and keeping your word
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What is contained in the introduction of the General Prologue?
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People are going on a pilgrimage to Canterbury, narrator joins and writes tales about travelers stories
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What is contained in the middle of the General Prologue?
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A description of all of the travelers
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What is contained in the conclusion of the General Prologue?
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The narrator apologizes for telling it like it was, inn keeper promised free meal to the best story-teller, knight goes first
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What tale is about John, Alisoun his wife, his boarder Nicholas, and an admirer Absolon.
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The Miller's tale
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Who is the carpenter in the Miller's tale?
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John
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Who is the carpenter's wife in the Miller's tale?
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Alisoun
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Who rooms with the carpenter and his wife in the Miller's tale?
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Nicholas
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Who is the Parish clerk that fancies the carpenter's wife?
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Absolon
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Which tale is about a knight who rapes a young girl and then has to find what women want most in life to save his own head?
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The Wife of Bath's tale
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Who offers to save the knight's life?
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The Queen
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Who do the rioters want to find in the Pardoner's tale?
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Death
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What was 'death' when they found it in the Pardoner's tale?
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Eight bushels of gold
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Who went to get food, and what did he do to it in the Pardoner's tale?
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The youngest went to get food and wine, and poisened two of the wine bottles
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What did the other(s) do that stayed back in the Pardoner's tale?
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Killed the youngest upon his return, keeping the money for themselves
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What was the outcome of the Pardoner's tale?
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The two survivors both drank out of the poisoned wine bottles and died, so nobody got the gold
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Which tale is about a beautiful rooster, his hen-wife, and a fox that tricks him?
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The Nun's Priest's tale
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What is the name of the rooster in the Nun's Priest's tale?
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Chanticleer
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What is the name of the rooster's favorite hen-wife in the Nun's Priest's tale?
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Pertelote
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Who abducts the rooster in the Nun's Priest's tale?
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The fox
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What is the moral of the Nun's Priest's tale?
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Never to trust a flatterer
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How does the fox trick the rooster in the Nun's Priest's tale?
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The fox asks to hear his beautiful voice, and when Chanticleer sings, he bites his neck and runs off
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