Backstory
The language Canterbury Tales is originally written in
What is Middle English
The start of the tale
What is The Prologue
He is the teller of the first tale
Who is the knight
The first monster in Beowulf
Grendel
Watching his shadow move ahead of him on the roadway like a black plough
What is a simile
He wrote Canterbury Tales
Who is Geoffrey Chaucer
The season The prologue takes place in
What is spring
In the Miller’s Tale, John has this Profession
What is a Carpenter
The name England comes from these two words
What is Anglo-Land
You're the lucky ones- you might die today
What is foreshadowing
This is the nickname given to Geoffrey Chaucer
What is “The Father of English Literature”
This is the month that the prologue is set in
What is April
In the Miller’s tale, this is John’s wife’s lover
Who is Nicholas
The three stages of English
What is early, middle, and modern English
Death must have made himself quite a walletful by now
Personification
This is the century depicted in The Canterbury Tales
What is the 14th century
This is why all of the people were together in the inn
What is a pilgrimage
In the Miller’s Tale, this is John’s wife
Who is Alison
This monster killed Beowulf
What is the dragon
Fighting his way through drink-haze like a ghost through cobwebs
What is a Simile
The epidemic that was occurring during this time
What is the Bubonic Plague (The Black Death)
This many people were a part of the pilgrimage
What is 30
He owns the inn where the tales take place
Who is Harry Bailey
These 4 countries make up Anglo-land
What are England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland
This literary device uses humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices
What is Satire