The Canterbury Tales
Feudalism
Gawain and the Green Knight
The Pardoner's Tale
The Wife of Bath's Tale
100
The pilgrims are heading to this location.
What is Canterbury Cathedral?
100
The "backbone" of the feudal system, this group made up the bulk of medieval armies.
What are knights?
100
The first man to accept the Green Knights challenge is this character.
Who is King Arthur?
100
The people of this time period were dying from.
What is the bubonic/black plague?
100
As punishment for his crime, the knight is sent on a quest to discover this.
What is what women want most?
200
The remains of this man, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, are located at the pilgrims' destination.
Who is Thomas a Becket?
200
This group was the largest in the entire feudal system. They were slaves in all but name.
What are the serfs?
200
Gawain is given this length of time to seek out the Green Chapel.
What is a year and a day?
200
The rioters are shown where death awaits them by this character.
What is the old man/death himself?
200
The knight can't discover the answer to the queen's question for this reason.
What is every woman tells him something different?
300
The pilgrims leave during this time of year.
What is Spring?
300
These people were skilled at a specific vocation that made them valuable. They earned a slight wage and could travel from estate to estate to ply their trade.
What are craftsmen/artisans?
300
This is the first gift offered the Gawain by the lady of the castle.
What is a golden ring?
300
The young rioter kills his two companions in this way.
What is he poisons their wine?
300
The knight is given this amount of time to accomplish his quest.
What is a year and a day?
400
This is the number of pilgrims that are traveling to Canterbury.
What is 30?
400
Divinely appointed and approved by the pope, this tiny group ruled over vast kingdoms.
What are kings/queens?
400
Gawain actually accepts this gift from the lady of the castle.
What is the green sash?
400
The old man has searched the entire world to find a solution to this problem.
What is he cannot die?
400
The knight FIRST gives this reason for not being able to marry the old woman.
What is she is not of noble birth?
500
This is the name of the king who had the Archbishop of Canterbury assassinated.
Who was King Henry the VIII?
500
This group, despite not technically being a part of the feudal pyramid, wielded ultimate power over it.
What is the papacy/church?
500
This is the reason given by the Green Knight for wounding Gawain.
What is he lied about the sash?
500
The old man complains that _________________ is wasted on the _______________.
What is youth/the young?
500
Before her tale, The Wife of Bath laments that elves, spirits, and other fey creatures were pushed out of the land when this institution came into existence (hint: it's the same group he's highly critical of throughout The Canterbury Tales).
What is the Catholic Church?
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