Characters
Plot
Literary Devices
Miscellaneous
100
The rooster that has seven wives and whose dream comes true.
What is Chauntecleer
100
This causes Chauntecleer to groan and roar in his sleep.
What is nightmare/dream.
100
Throughout the whole tale, the animals can talk.
What is Personification.
100
The Nun's Priest's Tale is this type of story.
What is a fable.
200
The rooster's favorite wife.
What is Pertelote
200
This type of animal attacks Chauntecleer in reality.
What is a fox
200
"I dreamed that I was roaming up and down / in our yard, when I saw a beast / that was like a dog and that wanted to seize / my body and kill me." (78-81)
What is foreshadowing.
200
The moral of the story.
What is never trust a flatterer.
300
Orange and attempts to kill the rooster.
What is the fox
300
One of Chauntecleer's best characteristics. He is said to be more dependable than any clock because of his_____.
What is voice/singing
300
"His comb was redder than fine coral, / and crenellated like a castle wall" (39-40)
What is simile.
300
The person telling the tale
who is the nun's priest
400
The woman who owns the farm.
What is the Widow
400
how many daughters do the widow have?
What is two
400
"'The sun,' he said, 'has climbed up the heavens / forty-one degrees and a fraction.'" (378-379)
What is Personification.
400
the fox comes to meet Chauntecleer and claims that he only wants to hear him _____.
What is sing.
500
Included in one of the stories that Chauntecleer told to Pertelote. This one was about a 7 year old boy who dreamed of his own death.
What is Saint Kenelm
500
Chauntecleer rejects Pertelotes advice of taking laxatives because he believes they are ______.
What is poisonous
500
"she warned him but it was of no avail; / he went to fight anyway, / but was soon slain by Achilles." (326-328)
What is allusion.
500
Who was chasing the foxes to the woods?
what is the villagers?