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Brit Lit Canterbury Tales
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Literature
11th Grade
10/30/2011

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Squire
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At night, you can find me wooing my lover passionately or pressing my curls.
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Knight
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I have made history in various battles. I am "true, perfect and gentle."
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Merchant
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No one really knows my real name. I am in so much debt, but you would not know that because of my attire, stately manner, and worldly conversation.
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Wife of Bath
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My ample hips and gapped-teeth prove that I am a good judge in matters of love.
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Pardoner
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My yellow hair and cherubic face hide my true intentions. Do you want to buy a relic from me?
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Prioress
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Though I am prone to excessive sorroe and showy weeping over the pain of small, furry animals, it is the way of nobles I am truly interested in.
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Friar
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I know the names of all those i serve (especially the ladies). At the taverns, I am known as one who can give you a good rate on confessionals
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Yeoman
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As a forester, I have all of the proper "tools of the trade." But, what I am most proud of is my green cloak and the St. Christopher medal around my neck.
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Plowman
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I am the best example of a good and faithful laborer.
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Cook
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Raveling with the Guildsman allows me to prepare my best dishes, especially chicken stew. However, that darn pussing, oozing, nasty sore on my leg detracts many of my finest customers.
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Parson
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My brothers labors his days away for others. I labor away for others due to my devotion to the church. I am fair to all.
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Host
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I suggest the pilgrimage become a story-telling contest.
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Franklin
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I am "Epicurus' own son." I love cake and wine. Everybody from my country is welcome to my household for the table is always set with meat and drink.
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Oxford Cleric
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I spend what little money I do find on books, all the while forgetting to feed myself or my horse
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Shipman
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I take wine while the merchant is sleeping. Many tempests have shaken my beard.
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Doctor
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As an atheist, I live through the science of Astrology. Gold is the best mineral for cures (and in my pocket). I gained much wealth during the plague.
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Maniciple
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Though uneducated, I am able to dupe a dozen learned men -- lawyers to be exact -- through my purchasing for them. I keep some for myself, though they will never know.
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Monk
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St. Benedict was wrong. I do not live by his rules because I love to hunt. Let those saints live by their rules; I will live by mine.
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Guildsmen
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Though we all ply a different trade, by the color of our garb, we are of the same "fraternitee."
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Sergeant of Law
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I am not as busy as I seem. Speculating land is my specialty. I know all the statutes dating back to William the Conqueror.
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Summoner
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I speak Latin like a parrot mimics language. The boils on my face are probably venereal in origin. I am a lecherous lover and use my office to gain sexual favors
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Millar
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Being the strongest wrestler has allowed me to win many rams. I like to tell dirty stories. The red whiskers sprouting from the wart on my nose adds to my beastly nature.
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Reeve
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I am the manager of a large estate. People are afraid of my because of my fierce nature. My rusty sword shows that I have "more bark than bite."
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The writing style that Chaucer uses creates a sense of realism, called
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Verisimilitude
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writing in _______ ________ made the poetry in "The Canterbury Tales" flow like conversational language.
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Iambic pertamitor
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Chaucer used the language of the day, or _________, while most literature was written in French or Latin, proving to the world that the English language could be poetic.
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Vernacular
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The combination of Anglo-Saxon, French, and Germanic languages prevalent in medieval England was called
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Middle English
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The martyr that the pilgrims were going to worship was
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St. Thomas รก Becket
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The prize for the best "teller of tales" was
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A free meal
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In "The Pardoner's Tale", the three "brothers" went in search for
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Death
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How many tales are each of the Canterbury pilgrims intended to present?
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four
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How many tales did Chaucer actually end up writing?
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Twelve
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In the "wife of Bath's Tale", what was the knight's duty, as requested by the queen, to steer away from death?
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What women really want.
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Which pilgrim was the first to tell a tale?
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knight
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By using ________ ________, Chaucer is allowing the reader to infer about the characters' motives.
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Indirect Characterization
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________ ________ allows the readers to be told explicitly about a character in a straightforward manner.
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Direct Characterization
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Chaucer borrowed the idea of a frame for his tales from an Italian writer named
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Bocaccio
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The king who was trying to make the church submit the secular courtly rule was named
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Henry II
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