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20 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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Who wrote The Canterbury Tales?
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Geoffrey Chaucer
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Whose shrine are the pilgrims visiting in Canterbury?
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Thomas Becket
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How many pilgrims in total go on the pilgrimage (not including Chaucer and the Host)?
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30
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Who wins the tournament in The Knight’s Tale?
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Arcite
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Who marries Emelye in The Knight’s Tale?
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Palamon
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What are the youth looking for in The Pardoner’s Tale?
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Death
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What does the Pardoner do at the conclusion of his tale?
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Try to get the pilgrims to pay to see his relics and insult the Host
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Who is Alisoun’s lover in The Miller’s Tale?
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Nicholas
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What does Nicholas say to John to get time alone with Alisoun?
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That a great flood is coming
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Which pilgrim’s tale is interrupted by another pilgrim’s flattery?
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The Squire
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What bodily function plays a role in several of the tales?
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Farting
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How many times was the Wife of Bath married?
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Five
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What crime had the knight in The Wife of Bath’s Tale committed?
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Rape
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When asked by the old crone he agreed to marry whether he would prefer her beautiful and unfaithful or ugly and unfaithful, the knight in The Wife of Bath’s Tale:
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Allowed her to decide
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How did the demon get possession of the summoner in the Friar’s tale?
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An old woman damned him and the frying pan he was trying to take from her
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When do the pilgrims leave for Canterbury?
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April
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What is the name of January’s beautiful young bride?
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May
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In The Clerk’s Tale, how does January’s wife manage to deceive him so that she may meet with her lover?
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She climbs up on him and into a pear tree
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What is the original language of The Canterbury Tales?
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Middle English
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Who is martyred in The Second Nun’s Tale?
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Cecelia
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