Translations
Pater-noster
What is Latin for the prayer beginning in "Our Father..."
He is a medieval lawyer
Who is The Sergeant of Law?
"I only preach of avarice and the like,
And in this way induce them to be free
In giving cash--especially to me.
Because my only interest is in gain;
I've none whatever in rebuking sin.
No, none! When they are pushing up the daises,
Their souls, for all I care, can go to blazes."
Who is the Pardoner
The Canterbury Tales opens in April
What is Spring
Poet Geoffrey Chaucer was born in 1340 in London, England
True
Sient Joce
What is Latin for Saint Jodicus?
She is beautiful, loves to gossip, and loves attention
Who is the Wife of Bath?
"It's that you each, to shorten the long journey,
Shall tell two tales en route to Canterbury,
And, coming homeward, another two,
Stories of things that happened long ago."
What is the General Prologue?
The description of clothes helps to define each character in a sense, the clothes symbolize more than just time/era
What is everyone's personality
Chaucer's only work is The Canterbury Tales
False
Almageste
What is Latin for A book in astrology by Ptolemy
He is a good man of religion, and he loves to help others when he has nothing
Who is the Parson
''A few words in the Latin tongue I say
To add a little spice to what I preach
And stir men to devotion as I teach.''
Who is the Pardoner
Springtime symbolizes more than just a time and a season in the sense of the story what more can it symbolize
What are fresh beginnings
In 1359, the teenage Chaucer went off to fight in the Hundred Years’ War in France
True
Bele Chose
What is Latin for "Pretty Thing"?
He loves money and does anything to get his hands on it
Who is the Pardoner?
For al so siker as in principio
Mulier est hominis confusio,––
Madame, the sentence of this Latyn is,
“Womman is mannes joye and al his blis.”
What is the The Nun's Priest Tale
The Physicians clothing reveals
What is his love for wealth
He was robbed by highwaymen twice while on the job, which only served to further compound his financial worries
True
Juvenal
What is a Roman Poet?
He holds the highest social standing
Who is the Knight?
Nowher so bisy a man as he there nas,
And yet he semed bisier than he was
What is the General Prologue
The Squire’s clothing symbolizes more than his social rank but his...
What is the Squires youthfulness
He died of unknown causes and was 30 years old at the time
False