Canterbury Cathedral
Vocabulary
Name that Tale!
Chaucer
Comics
100

This is the country in which Canterbury Cathedral is located.

What is England?

100

These are people who make a journey for religious reasons.

What are pilgrims?

100

In this Canterbury tale, a knight has to find out what women most desire.

What is The Wife of Bath's Tale?

100
This is Chaucer's first name.

What is Geoffrey?

100

This is used to show when a character is thinking.

What is a thought bubble?

200

This is the name of the famous archbishop of Canterbury we discussed in class.

Who is Thomas Becket?

200

This is an object that reminds someone of the past and often has religious significance.

What is a relic?

200

In this tale, a woman farts in a man's face.

What is The Miller's Tale?

200

Chaucer completed this famous pilgrimage.

What is the Camino de Santiago?

200

BAM! would be an example of this.

What is onomatopoeia?

300

After Becket's death, people dipped these in his blood to save as relics.

What are handkerchiefs?

300

This is the name for a bishop of the highest rank.

What is an Archbishop?
300

In this tale, two men fall in love with a woman named Emily.

What is "The Knight's Tale"?

300

The Canterbury Tales were written in this form. (hint: it's not prose!)  

What is poetry/verse?

300

The name for one square of a comic.

What is a frame?

400

This was discovered--and crawling with lice--when Thomas Becket's robes were removed.

What is a hair shirt?

400

This is the state of being regretful of one's sins.

What is penitence? 

400

This tale stars a woman named Constance.

What is "The Man of Law's Tale"?

400

This is the number of stories in The Canterbury Tales.

What is 24?

400

The name of the comic book/memoir we discussed in class.

What is Persepolis?

500

This is the name of the most popular service at Canterbury Cathedral.

What is Evensong?

500

This is the non-literal meaning of "to fall out."

What is "to argue and stop being friends"?

500

The person who tells this tale says he can forgive sins in exchange for money.

What is "The Pardoner's Tale"?

500

Chaucer lived during this time period.

What is the Middle Ages/14th century?

500

The main character of Persepolis is from this country.

What is Iran?