Satire
The General Prologue
The Wife of Bath's Tale
The Pardoner's Tale
Middle English
100
Comedy with a purpose.

What is Satire.

100

The one telling the general prologue.

Who is the narrator?

Double Jeopardy: What is his name?

100

The question asked of the Knight.

What is "What do women want most."

100

The object of desire the Pardoner chose to focus on when the Host asked him to tell him a happy and entertaining tale.

What is money.

100

The meaning of the phrase "holt and heeth" in The General Prologue.

What is "nook and cranny".

200

The form of irony is shown when the rioters seek death and the audience can predict their fate.

What is dramatic irony.

200

Where the pilgrims are going specifically.

What is Canterbury Cathedral.

200

 The one to make the ultimate decision in this tale.

Who is the Lady.

200

The identity of the elder at the stile.

Who is Death or Cain.

200

The meaning of the phrase "goon" in the General Prologue.

What is "go on"

300

What Chaucer satirizes in The Wife of Bath's Tale.

What is the role of women in society.

300

The reward offered by the Host for the best tale.

What is a free meal.
300

The name of the code of conduct the knight breaks.

What is chivalry.
300

"And we will slay this false traitor Death.
He shall be slain, he who slays so many,
By God's dignity, before it be night!"

The speaker of this quote.

Who are the Rioters?

300

The meaning of the word "corages" in the General Prologue.

What is "heart".

400

The organization that is the focus of Chaucer's satire in The Pardoner's Tale.

What is the Church.
400

The time of year which is best to travel for a pilgrimage.

What is the spring?

400

The literary device the appearance of fey/fairies of the wood provide for the end of the story.

What is foreshadowing.

400

The type of tale the Pardoner tells.

What is a moral tale.

Double Jeopardy: The name of this moral tale in Chaucer's time.

400

The meaning of the word "ywedded" in The Wife of Bath's Tale.

What is "wedded"

500

Chaucer comments heavily on this caste class and their declining state.

What is the nobility.
500

The number of pilgrims described in the general prologue.

What is 29.

500

The gender of leadership throughout the story.

What is female.

500

What is always the main idea of the preacher's sermons "Radix Malorus ext Cupiditas"?

What is that the love of money is the root of all evil.

500

The meaning of the word "wasshe" in The Pardoner's Tale.

What is "washed".