Canterbury Flashcards
(23 cards)
Who is the host who proposes the contest/game
Harry Bailey
The winner of the game gets what for a prize
Dinner at the inn
An estates satire is based on what?
stereotypes
At the beginning of the wife’s tale, a knight:
Rapes a woman
according to the wife, the thing all women want is:
sovereignty
Wife of bath is:
educated
In the prologue of the Pardoner’s Tale, the pardoner:
admits he is corrupt
The death spoken of in his tale is:
black plague
These three men swore:
To live and die for one another
The pardoner’s tale was a lesson on:
avarice (greediness)
Which is not an answer that the knight considered
Going on pilgrimages
What is the knight in “the wife of bath’s tale” originally sentenced to after attacking a young woman?
Beheading
His choice shows that the knight finally agrees to
Let his wife rule over him
Who wins Palamon and Arcita’s second duel?
Arcita
What happens when Arcita and Palamon meet in the grove
The fight over lady Emily
Who is lady Emily
Hippolita’s sister
How does Palamon escape the dungeon
He sneaks out in secret
Why does Theseus go to war with king Creon
King Creon killed noblemen and left their bodies unburied
How does Arcita escape the dungeon
One of Theseus’s old friends asks for his release from prison
Which night sees lady Emily first
Palamon
Why does Theseus capture Arcita and Palamon
They were knights for king Creon
Which knight ends up marrying Emily
Palamon
Which Roman god ensures that each of the three prayers is answered
Saturn
