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42 Cards in this Set
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What is the main motive of the Pardoner?
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Financial gain
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What is the profession of the Pardoner?
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He pardon sins and gives out religious relics.
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What does the Pardoner sell?
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Fake religious relics
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What kind of tale does the Pardoner tell?
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A religious moral tale
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What is the moral of the Pardoner's tale?
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Evil is the room of greed
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Who are the men looking for?
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Death
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Who were people dying from at the time?
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Black blade
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Who killed the dead man?
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Death
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Where did the old man tell the men to find death?
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Under the tree
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What did the men find under the tree?
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Gold
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What did the first man decide to do with the other two men and why?
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Poison them
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Did the mend find death?
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They all died.
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What happened to the men at the end of the story?
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They all died.
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What does the Knight do to the maiden at the beginning of the tale?
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He rapes her.
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What does Guinevere tell the Knight to go and find out?
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What women desire most.
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How long does she give him to find out the information?
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12 months and a day
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Who gives the Knight the answer?
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An old women
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What is the answer?
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Sovereignty and upper-hand
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What does the old women want from the Knight?
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For him to marry her
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What is the moral of this tale?
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
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What type of fable is the Nun's tale?
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Beast Tale
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Where do you think the priest got his ideas for this story?
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Aesop fable
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What is troubling the Rooster?
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He had a bad dream.
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What does the Hen tell the Rooster to do?
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He needs to take a exa something
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What does the Rooster tell the Hen the root of his dream is?
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Versify in life
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What does the Fox ask the Rooster to do?
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Sing
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What does the Fox try to do to the Rooster?
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He tries to eat the Rooster.
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What is the moral of the tale?
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Flattery is just a trap.
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What happened to the two young knights?
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They were put in prison, because they were stealing.
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What title did Arcite take and why?
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As a page, so that he can get closer to Emily.
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What did Theseus commission to build?
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a collasium
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What did Polomon pray for and why?
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To win and to marry Emily
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What did Arcite pray for?
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To be victorious
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What did Emily pray for and what was she told?
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To be a virgin and she was told that she will have to marry someone.
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Who won the battle?
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Acite
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What happened immediately after the battle?
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Earthquake
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Who did Emily marry?
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Polomon
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What is the moral of the tale?
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There's no fool like a fool in love.
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Who lost his shirt from gambling?
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Geoffrey Chaucer
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What was the beat?
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I am the cantabile
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Who blacked mail Geoffrey?
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Cardoner and sinner
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Which story was suppose to be a separate story'?
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The Knight's Tale
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