The Deadly Disease
Medieval England
Characters
The Sleezy Strumpet
The Tales
100
This disease took 50 - 60% of Europe.
What is the Bubonic Plague?
100
This man is known as the Father of English Literature.
Who is Geoffrey Chaucer?
100
This noble character is the son of the knight who enjoyed songs and poems.
Who is the Squire?
100
The Wife of Bath had this many husbands.
What is five?
100
This is the term for a comic tale including cockholded husbands, rapacious clergy, and foolish peasants.
What is a fabliau?
200
These people harmed themselves to recreate Christ's passion and become closer to him.
Who are Flagellates?
200
This was the ruling religion in the beginning & middle of the Medieval period.
What is Roman - Catholic?
200
This character decided which story - teller won the contest.
Who is the Host?
200
Her gap teeth symbolized this.
What is sexual appetite?
200
The Miller's tale is based on this Biblical tale.
What is Noah's Arc?
300
This is the first European city effected by the plague.
What is Messina, Sicily?
300
This was the social system that took place at this time.
What is Feudalism?
300
This religious group was wealthy, corrupt, fake, and lived in luxury.
What is the Clergy?
300
The Wife of Bath is deaf in one ear because of this.
What is a blow to the head? (husband 5)
300
This is the source of all of the trouble in the Reeve's Tale.
What is the cradle?
400
These are four ways that the disease changed Europe.
What is the following: new land to farm rise of middle class medicine / diet improvement Renaissance technology fertile spring (babies)
400
This is a Medieval union.
What is a guild?
400
This character had bad hygiene and had a large boyle on his face.
Who is the Cook?
400
The Wife of Bath hated this husband the most.
Who is husband number 4?
400
The old man says that Death is waiting under a tree, but the characters find this instead.
What are eight bushels of gold?
500
This was the pope during the plague.
Who is Pope Clement VI
500
This is the year and event that marked the beginning of this time period.
What is the Battle of Hastings in 1066?
500
These are the five characters that chaucer liked.
Who were the following: Knight Parson Plowman Clerk Host
500
This character committed the rape in her tale.
Who is the Knight?
500
This is the only character not ridiculed in the Miller's Tale.
Who is Alison?