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83 Cards in this Set
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What was Geoffrey Chaucer's profession?
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Writer/Poet
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Who decided how the story of the Canterbury Tales goes?
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Harry Bailey
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What did the host serve his guests?
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Wine
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What color was the Yeoman's coat?
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Green
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How many actual Canterbury Tales are there?
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124
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How many where there supposed to be?
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124
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When do the Canterbury Tales take place?
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Late 14th Century
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How odl is the Squire?
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20
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Who rode w/ the Pardoner?
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Summoner
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Who had a forked beard?
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Merchant
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What did the winner receive?
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A free supper paid for by the other pilgrims.
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How did they decide who would tell the story that day?
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Draw sticks & whoever pulled the shortest stick.
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What did the monk loved to do?
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Hunt
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What instrument did the Miller play?
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Bagpipes
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What did the merchant wear?
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Beaver Hat
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What was the Pardoner's hair color?
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Yellow
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What did the Squire's clothes have on them?
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Flowers
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How many husbands did the Wife of Bath have?
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5
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What did the nun wear?
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Coral Trinket
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What was the Yeoman's head shaped like?
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Nut
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Describe the Squire's hair.
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Very curly
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What was on the Miller's nose?
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A wart.
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What was wrong with the wife of bath's teeth?
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Gaps
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If you disobeyd the votes you had to
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Pay for the days journey
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Who knew about Natural Magic & Hypocrits?
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Doctor.
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Who had a special love for Gold?
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Friar
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Who had a special license from the Pope?
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Friar
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Who was the Wife of Bath/What was she known as?
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Dame Alice
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What did the Knights wardrobe consist of?
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Fustrian
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What did the Zephyrus have?
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Sweet Breath
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Who was Connected to the Church? (5)
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Prioress
Parson Monk Summoner Friar |
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What Medal did the Yeoman wear?
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St. Chris
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How was teh host described?
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Bright eyes, little fat
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How was the contest organized?
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Everyone told 4 stories, 2 on the way there and 2 on the way back.
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Who was richly dressed?(5)
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Squire
Monk Wife of Bath Doctor Franklin |
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What did the skipper carry?
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Dagger
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Where is teh Tabbard located?
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Southwark
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What does chivalry consist of?
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Honor
Bravery Genorosity Courtenousness |
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Who did Chaucher write for?
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Political Classes
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Who was the finest in the land?
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Monk
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Who granted property to the People?
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Lord
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Who received property?
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Serfs
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Professional Soldiers:
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Knights
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Peasents who wroked the lands
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Serfs
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When did Henry II come to throne?
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1154
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Who did Henry II appoint?
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Thomas Beckett
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What position was Thomas Beckett appointed to?
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Archbishop of Canterbury
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How many of the Canterbury tales were completed?
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24
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What was an allegory?
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Peirce Plowman
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Who wrote Peirce Plowman?
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William Langland
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Who was the author of the Cnaterbury Tales?
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Geoffrey Chaucer
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What broadened Chaucer's knowledge of various classes of society?
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A page in the houshold of Edward III
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What year was Chaucher captured?
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1359
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Where was Chaucher held captive?
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France
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Who paid for Chaucer release?
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King
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Who did Chaucer marry?
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Phillipa de Roet
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How many children did Chaucer have?
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3
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When did Chaucer begin producing poetry?
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in his 20s
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Chaucer was the first person to be buried in _____________?
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The Poet's Corner of Westminster Abbey
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What year was Thomas Beckett murderd?
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1170
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Why did pilgrims travel in a group?
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Companionship & Protection
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How many pilgrims are there?
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30
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Where do the pilgrims first appear?
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Tabbard
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Later the pilgrims appear..?
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On the road to Canterbury
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What is a frame story?
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A story which includes another story or stories.
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The pilgrimage is a _____ story.
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frame
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Character traits in the Prologue are
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universal
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What was Chaucer known as?
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The Father of English Poetry
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What were Chaucers 2 purposes for writing the Canterbury Tales?
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1. Present an anthology of story types represented by teh Tales Themselves
2. Present a cross section of his own society |
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When was the pilgrimage? Specific
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April of 1388
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Who is traveling with his son?
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Knight
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Who is the most honest churchman described?
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Parson
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How does the Pardoner make a living?
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Selling Pardons
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At the end of the prologue who joins them on the pilgrimage?
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Host
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Who is at the top of the ruling class? 2
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Knight
Squire |
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What is the order of the Class Structure?
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Ruling
Clergy Middle Trade Peasent |
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What was teh Yeoman good with?
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Bow & Arrow
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Who was corrupt,shameless,married?
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Friar
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Who was the hunter?
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Monk
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When was the first publication?
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Somewhere in 15th century
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The journey was how many miles long?
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80
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How many days did the journey take
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4
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How many of the 24 tales are fragments?
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2
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