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Prologue Category
Wife of Bath
100
"He was of sovereign value in all eyes./And though so much distinguished, he was wise/ And in his bearing modest as a maid. / He never yet a boorish thing had said / In all his life to any, come what might; / He was a true, a perfect..."
Who is the knight.
100
“…a true worker was he, / Living in peace and perfect charity… He’d thresh and dig, and never thought of wealth…”
Who is the plowman.
100
The author of The Canterbury Tales
Who is Geoffrey Chaucer.
100
Provide one example from the text that positions the setting in Spring.
What is ...
100
Which character “wore a fustian tunic stained and dark / With smudges where his armor had left mark”?
Who is the knight.
200
He knew the taverns well in every town / And every inkeeper and barmaid too... Natural gifts like his were hard to match. / He was the finest beggar of his batch..."
Who is the friar.
200
“His mighty mouth was like a furnace door. / A wrangler and buffoon, he had a store / Of tavern stories, filthy in the main. / His was a master-hand at stealing grain.”
Who is the miller.
200
This individual was murdered in the cathedral at Canterbury and became a martyr.
Who is Thomas Becket.
200
The main objective of the Prologue is to introduce...
What is the cast of characters (pilgrims)
200
How does the knight in "The Wife of Bath's Tale" violate the code of chivalry?
What is he rapes a maiden.
300
“A saucy brace was on his arm to ward / It from the bow-string, and a shield and sword / Hung at one side, and at the other slipped / A jaunty dirk, spear- sharp and well-equipped. … He was a proper forester, I guess.”
Who is the yeoman.
300
“She wore a coral trinket on her arm, / A set of beads, the gaudies tricked in green, / Whence hung a golden brooch of brightest sheen / On which there first was graven a crowned A, / And lower, Amor vincit omnia.”
Who is the nun (prioress).
300
A journey to a holy site.
What is a pilgrimage.
300
Which pilgrim suggests the storytelling competition on the way to Canterbury?
Who is The Host of the Tabard Inn.
300
From what source does the Wife of Bath draw power in her marraiges? Wealth, Sexuality, Chastity, or Nobility?
What is sexuality?
400
“No better fellow if you want to find one. / He would allow—just for a quart of wine— / Any good lad to keep a concubine…”
Who is the summoner.
400
“The Rule of good St. Benet or St. Maur / As old and strict he tended to ignore; / He let go by the things of yesterday / And took the modern world’s more spacious way.”
Who is the monk.
400
Chaucer is known as the father of...
What is English Poetry.
400
The Prologue occurs in what month?
What is April.
400
According to the Wife of Bath, what women most desire is:
What is "mastery over their husbands.
500
“And by his flatteries and prevarication / Made monkeys of the priest and B) The Summoner congregation. / But still to do his justice first and last / In church he was a noble ecclesiast.”
Who is the pardoner.
500
“A clerk who truly knew Christ’s gospel”; “Poor… yet rich in holy thought and work”
Who is the parson.
500
The Canterbury tales are written in this style.
What is the vernacular.
500
Before Chaucer introduces the pilgrims, he states his purpose for narrating. What will he focus on (find the line)?
What is "It seems a reasonable thing to say/ What their condition was, the full array / Of each of them, as it appeared to me,/ According to profession and degree,/ And what apparel they were riding in;"
500
If the purpose of the Wife of Bath's prologue is to establish herself as an authority on women and marriage, identify TWO examples that do that.
What is ...