Canterbury Tales TESTSTUDY:

• NOTES Background to Medieval Age & Question sheet; characterization; literary devices

•Genre Types (on back of social structure sheet)

• “Prologue” to Canterbury Tales and the two tales: “The Pardoner’s Tales” and “The Wife of Bath’s Tale” – Analysis sheet for “Pardoner’s” will be DUE the day of test; Analysis for “Wife’s” is extra credit

•BRING: Character Sheets and a pencil!

• Questions 1-43: Background to Medieval Age, Chaucer’s Life, The Prologue (p. 113), the tales and their lessons, literary devices & examples

• Questions 44-75: Character descriptions and quotes

• Questions 76-100: Vocabulary

• Questions 101-125: Types of Tales & Literary Devices

• Stereotype of a philosophical student • Suggests that the travelers have a

storytelling contest to pass the time on their journey

• Named Hubert; he has a natural gift for begging he plays the hurdy-gurdy, and he has a lisp

• Has trouble sleeping because he's so in love; "could make songs and poems," and knows how to joust dance and draw

• While this pilgrim must have spent many mornings carting manure through the fields, he followed Christian principles.

• He plans to give a realistic account of what each person said

• Enjoys telling filthy tavern stories; tells the tale of Alison and Nickolas and the trick they play on John

• He is a "proper forester," has a longbow and a "head like a nut," and wears "a medal of St. Christopher"

• A model of the landed gentry; kind, old, and generous

• A "wrangler and buffoon"; plays the bagpipes

• A "model ecclesiast"; a "shepherd and no mercenary"

• Named Harry Bailey; he is a "merry-hearted man"

• A tale of an inspirational act or martyrdom• Stories based on clever tricks involving

infidelity• “The Wife of Bath’s Tale,” because it speaks

of love, adventure, and pageantry, can be considered a _____.

• A sermon that illustrates a known moral lesson.

• Stories set in the Brittany region of France or Celtic in origin; speak of magic, fairies, folklore, and courtly love.

• Tales told to inspire moral conduct in the listener.