Canterbury Tales Exam

How many travelers?

31

Going where on a pilgrimage?

Canterbury

during the month of?

April

The travelers are going to pay their respects to?

St. Thomas a Becket

They all meet at, a hostelry (or inn) in the city of?

The Tabard in Southwark

Wife of Bath: When was the first time the Wife of Bath got married?

12 years old

Wife of Bath: How many husbands has she had?

4

Wife of Bath: What is the knight’s crime?

raped a young maiden.

Wife of Bath: How long does the knight have to finish his quest?

a year and a day

Wife of Bath: What does the old lady ask for in return for the answer to the queen’s question?

agree to marry the Old Woman

Wife of Bath: What question must the knight answer in order to save his life?

What is it women most desire.

Pardoner’s Tale: What does a pardoner actually do?

sells indulgences for the forgiveness of sins.

Pardoner’s Tale: What does one of the rioters want the "tavern knave" to do?

Kill death

Pardoner’s Tale: As they are sitting in the tavern, what do they hear?

the hand-bell clink Before a coffin going to the grave

Pardoner’s Tale: What does one of the rioters propose that he and his friends do?

They promised to be brothers and to kill Death

Pardoner’s Tale: Who do the rioters meet?

An Old Man

Pardoner’s Tale: Where does the old man direct the rioters?

The old man directs them into a grove, where he says he just left Death under an oak tree.

Pardoner’s Tale: What do they find when they get there? What do they immediately forget about?

They find golden coins and forget about killing death.

Pardoner’s Tale: Why do they not take the treasure home right away?

since it was daytime, they thought people who saw them with the money would think that they stole it.

Pardoner’s Tale: What solution does one of the rioters propose?

The one who draws the shortest straw is chosen to go into town.

Pardoner’s Tale: Who was selected to go to town?

The youngest of the three

Pardoner’s Tale: What do the two who stayed behind decide?

They decide that when he comes back they're going to kill him, because then they can split the gold just between them and not all three of them.

Pardoner’s Tale: What does the one who went to town decide?

The youngest of the three rioters goes back to town to get food and wine, and he decides to poison the other two and take the gold for himself.

Pardoner’s Tale: Where does he go then and what does he buy? Why does he say he needs this item?

Apothecary and buys poison and he says he needs it to kill some vermin.

Pardoner’s Tale: What does he do with the three bottles?

spikes the bottles with poison

Pardoner’s Tale: Describe what happens when he rejoins his friends.

The two men stab the younger man then they drink and both die.

Chaucer (The Narrator)

Knight

Wife of Bath

Pardoner

Miller

Prioress

Monk

Friar

Host

Parson

Squire

Reeve

Clerk

Summoner

Man of Law

Manciple

Merchant

Shipman

Physician

Franklin

Plowman

Guildsmen

Cook

Yeoman

Nun