Who is Chaucer?
Middle English
The Pardoner's Tale
The Wife of Bath's Tale
Wild Card
100
Geoffrey Chaucer was considered the _____ of the English language?
The Father of the English Language
100
When was Middle English popular?
Late 12th Century through the late 15th Century
100
The Pardoner admits he preaches only to get____?
Money
100
What horrible action did the knight do?
Raped a woman leaving the river
100
Where is the simile found in the Wife of Bath's tale?
Line 22-23
200
What is Chaucer's most famous work?
The Canterbury Tales
200
What was Chaucer's major influence in writing Middle English
French
200
The mysterious figure slains a old friend is really what?
Death
200
Queen Guinever sentences the knight to do what as his punishment? How long is this punishment?
To find out what a woman truly wished; the knight has one year and a day to come up with this answer and return
200
The Canterbury Tales is composed of how many tales?
24
300
When and where was Geoffery Chaucer born?
Between 1340 and 1343 probably in London
300
The Middle English Vowel e offend have a ____ sound.
"Uh" sound
300
Death was not under the tree, but what was in his place?
Eight bushles of gold coins with no owner in sight
300
What do women desire?
Women desire sovereignty over their husbands as much as their husbands rule over themselves.
300
How many siblings did Chaucer supposedly have?
16
400
How many tales did Chaucer finish out of his original plan?
24 out of 120 stories
400
A Vowel+Constant+Vowel is an example of a ____ vowel.
A Long Vowel
400
Why are they going to kill the youngest plotter?
To have more shares of the money
400
The old lady tells the knight to make what decision on their wedding night?
She explains to him that he has two choices: an ugly woman who is faithful or a beautiful woman who is cunning and deceptive
400
When was the Canterbury Tales written?
At the End of the 14th century.
500
How did Geoffrey Chaucer "keep his tales alive?"
By Prologues and Epilogues
500
When can you omit the final e of a word?
If the meter allows it, or if you feel like it, unless the word ends in -ee or -some vowel+e
500
All most be aware of the sin of____?
Greed because it can only bring treachery and death
500
What decision does the Knight make and what happens to the old woman?
Choices to have an ugly woman who is faithful; the old woman turns into a beautiful and charming young woman
500
When did Chaucer make his first diplomatic decision?
1366
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