Open-Book/Open-Note Review for
“The Canterbury Tales”
Chaucer himself is often referred to as the Father of ___________.
In Chaucer’s time, serious poets didn’t do what?
“Everyday language,” as in the everyday language spoken in London during
Chaucer’s time, is called this:
This is the definition of a “framing story” –
Why didn’t Chaucer finish “The Canterbury Tales”?
A religious journey made to a shrine or holy place:
According to the host’s plan, how many stories will each pilgrim tell on their pilgrimage?
How many tales did Chaucer actually write?
An anecdote that teaches a moral lesson is also called:
What is a physical problem that many of the pilgrims seemed to have in common?
In what month do people long to do on pilgrimages?
What is the destination of the Canterbury pilgrims? What or who are they visiting?
How many pilgrims join the narrator on the pilgrimage?
List the three characterization techniques Chaucer uses:
(1)
(2)
(3)
To which order do the Knight, Squire, and Yeoman belong?

What are the 3 divisions of medieval society to which the pilgrims are classified?
(1)
(2)
(3)
What is the name of the site from which the pilgrimage originates?
Name two sets of pilgrims that are related? How are they related?
(1)
(2)
What was the greatest oath spoken by the Nun/Prioress?
How many Guildsmen were there? What were their job descriptions?
In “The Pardoner’s Tale,” who becomes the peacemaker when the Pardoner and
Host become angry with each other?
An old man tells the three rioters in “The Pardoner’s Tale” that they will find what/whom under an oak tree?
Which of the three rioters runs off to town for wine & victuals?
What is “superfluity”?
Name three infraction the three Rioters are guilty of –
How many times has the Wife of Bath been married?
What entity is said to steal a woman’s virtue?
The Knight in “The Wife of Bath’s Tale” committed what crime?
What is the sentence for the Knight’s crime? How does the Knight avoid this?
In her tale, the Wife of Bath tells us this is why Midas grew long hair:
The old woman tells the Knight this is what women want most:
The Knight promised to do this in exchange for the answer to the question: