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26 Cards in this Set
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The Canterbury Tales were written in this century
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14th Century
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Heretical group that work to bring the Englishh Bible to the people were called
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The Lollards
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Chaucer's pilgrims are going to visit
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St. Thomas a Beckett in Canterbury
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The pilgrims meet in this tavern
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The Taberd Inn
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The pilgrimage begins in this month
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April
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The Prioress speaks this language
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French
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The name of the host in The Canterbury Tales is:
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Harry Bailey
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The 3 most virtuous characters are:
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1. Knight (those who fight)
2. Plowman (those who work) 3. Parson (those who pray) |
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In the Pardoner's Tale, three tavern men seek out this character after something happens
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They seek Death after their friend dies
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The three men are from this city
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Flandres
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Who do the three men run into on their search for death?
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An old man
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Where does the old man tell the men to look for death?
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Under a tree
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What are some of the sins of the three revelers?
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Swearing, gambling, drinking, and gluttony
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What do the three men ask the old man?
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How he escaped death
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This object is under the tree
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Gold
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What happens to the three men?
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1 goes into town and gets poison that he puts into drinks for the two others. The other two are at the tree plotting on how to kill the one in town. The one returns and the two jump out and kill him. Then they drink the poisoned wine
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Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio are contemporaries of this author
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Chaucer
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Chaucer's goal for the tales was:
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To have each pilgrim tell two stories on the way to Canterbury and two stories on the way back
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When the Pardoner begins his tale, the other pilgrims are afraid that he will be:
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Vulgar
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The Pardoner wants to finish this drink before he begins his tale
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Corny ale
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The Pardon tells the pilgrims that these are fake
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His relics
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Pardoner proclaims that this is the root of all evil
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Avarice
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What is the Pardoner's biggest problem?
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Greed
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This character breaks up the argument between the Pardoner and the Host
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The Knight
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The Pardoner tries to sell his relics to this character first
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The Host
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The Host tells Pardoner that he would make a relic out of:
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His crappy pants
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