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