Characters
The proud rooster in the tale
Who is Chanticleer?
Mocks Chanticleer and tells him to take a laxative
Who is Pertelote?
The genre of the Nun's Priest's Tale
What is poetry?
A biblical figure is alluded to as a betrayer.
Who is Judas Iscariot?
What is The Canterbury Tales?
Chanticleer's favorite hen
Who is Pertelote?
Lady Pertelote believed this was the cause of the nightmare
What is indigestion?
Literary device used when animals are given human traits
What is personification?
Historial figures who betrayed Julius Casear
Who are Brutus and Cassius?
Wrote The Canterbury Tales
Who is Chaucer?
Tricks Chanticleer with flattery
Who is Russell the fox?
The skill Chanticleer used to get the fox to open his mouth
What is flattery?
Chanticleer using flattery to deceive the fox is an example of
What is irony?
Biblical story that the fox's deception of Chanticleer resembles
What is Adam and Eve? or What is Judas?
The kind of tale this is
What is a beast fable?
The relationship between Chanticleer and his hens
What is a sultan and his harem?
The major flaw both Chanticleer and the fox share
Don't let flattery or pride deceive you
What is theme?
The war referenced when discussing betrayal
What is the Trojan War?
The language this was originally written in
What is Middle English?
Owns the farm where the animals live
Who is the poor widow?
The event that causes the farm animals and the widow to chase after the fox
What is the fox capturing Chanticleer?
"See how Dame Fortune quickly changes side" is an example of
What is personification?
Fox deceives Chanticleer, similar to how this biblical figure was tricked by Delilah
Who is Samson?
The Roman goddess that is mentioned in the story
Who is Venus?