Medieval Test

Question 1

Describe the narrator in the Canterbury Tales

Answer 1

very discriptive and observant

Question 2

What is the narrator’s attitude towards the nun?

Answer 2

critical but not as criticital as compared to the Friar

Question 3

Describe the Wife of Bath

Answer 3

married a lot, liberal beliefs on marriage, fiesty

Question 4

A little boy worships the Virgin Mary and creates religious tension

Answer 4

Prioress’s

Question 5

A friar reaches for money and gets a surprise in the ‘end’

Answer 5

Summoner’s

Question 6

A woman marries many timea

Answer 6

Wife of Nath

Question 7

A merchant lends a friar money so he can ‘entertain’ his wife

Answer 7

Skipper’s

Question 8

A knight with magic gifts visits King Cambuskan and his daughter Canace.

Answer 8

Squire’s

Question 9

A rooster learns to keep his eyes open and his mouth shut

Answer 9

Nun’s Priest’s

Question 10

Absalom gives Nicholas a surprise in the ‘end’

Answer 10

Miller’s

Question 11

Averagus, his wife Dorigen, and her would-be lover Aurelius all act nobly

Answer 11

Franklin’s

Question 12

Two college students make a fool of a dishonest miller

Answer 12

Reeve’s

Question 13

A nknight kills his daughter to save her from a fate worse than death

Answer 13

Physician’s

Question 14

A summoner make friends with the devil

Answer 14

Friar’s

Question 15

Two Theban knights compete for the love of the fair Emmily

Answer 15

Knight’s

Question 16

The lady Constance travels from Rome to Syria and Britain and back

Answer 16

Lawyer’s