This is a quiz over the Prologue to the Canterbury Tales.
Analyze religious customs
Reveal the narrator’s thoughts
Introduce his cast of characters
Describe a London inn
The shrine of St. Thomas à Becket is there
They want to escape the plague that is attacking London
The innkeeper has dared them to make the journey
It is part of a longer tour of England
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Innkeeper
Narrator
Knight
Merchant
Knight
Wife of Bath
Merchant
Miller
Age
Wealth
Social Class
Race
Members of the Clergy
Too poor to join the pilgrimmage
Landowners
Guildsmen
Tangent Inn, 100
Tabard Inn; 80
Traveler's Inn; 90
Tracker Inn; 85
Dread
Boredom
Resentment
Enthusiasm
A new horse for the ride home
A free night's lodging at the inn
A new coat made of worsted wool
A supper paid for by all the pilgrims
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Abbey Road
Churchill Grounds
Thatcher Commons
Westminster Abbey
Win a free meal and pass the time
Reduce fighting and bickering
Reduce fighting and bickering
Teach the innkeeper a lesson about pride
Referring to the April rains as liquor
“In fifteen mortal battles he had been.”
“Just home from service, he had joined our ranks.”
“He’d seen some service with the cavalry.”
Guilt
Loneliness
Religious observance
Desire for adventure
Death's spy
Death's enemy
Death in disguise
The ghost of a dead man
All of them
None of them
Only the two who stay behind
Only the one who goes into town
Pride
Greed
Vanity
Worst fears
His mother
God
Gold
Food
Abandon their search for Death.
Increase their efforts to find Death.
Decide to wait for Death to find them.
Decide to postpone their search for Death until later.
Pious churchgoer and religious teacher
Well-traveled vendor of fine silk clothing
Veteran of several pilgrimages and 5 marriages
Widow of a prosperous doctor in Bath
Women cannot keep a secret.
Women should be sovereign over their husbands and lovers.
Old women are ugly and rude.
Women desire wealth and security.
He doesn't appreciate being tricked.
He disputes the Queen's authority.
He's waiting for King Arthur to save him.
The old woman is too old an unappealing to him.
Poverty and wealth.
Learning and ignorance
Beauty and faithfulness
Good manners and foul deeds
He allows his bride to have sovereignty over him.
He chooses beauty.
He chooses faithfulness.
He asks for a divorce
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