The Canterbury Tales test review(GEOFFREY CHAUCER)
1. Who wrote The Canterbury Tales?: Geoffrey Chaucer
2. What is a frame tale?: : A story within a story
3. What is a moral tale?: : A story with a moral lesson; uses
allegory to portray the struggle between good and evil
4. What is personification?
Where does it take place in The Canterbury Tales?: :
Personification makes inanimate objects have human characteristics.
One example is how Chaucer personifies Death in the Pardoner's Tale.
5. Who/what are the pilgrims going to see in Canterbury?: :
The shrine of Tomas a Beckett
6. How many deadly sins are there? Name them.: : There
are 7 Deadly Sins: Greed, Wrath, Gluttony, Lust, Envy, Pride, and
Sloth
7. According to the Wife of Bath, what do women most desire?:
: Sovereignty over their husbands
8. What is an allusion?: : A reference to a person, event, place, or
phrase that most people will recognize
9. In what season does the pilgrimage take place?: : Spring
(April)
10.What is direct characterization?: : Details described EXACTLY
about a char- acter
11.What is indirect characterization?: : Uses actions, thoughts,
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, and dialogue to reveal a character's personality
12.Agility: : (n) Moving quickly or easily
13.Disdain: : (v) To DESPISE or scorn
14.Eminent: : (adj) HIGH in rank; *distinguished*
15.Malady: : (n) Ailment or illness
16.Repine: : (v) To complain or fREt
17.Castigate: : (v) To *Criticize* or reprimand severely
18.Adversary: : (n) opponent or ENEMY
19.Cosset: : (v) To PAMPER or treat as a pet
20.Dejected: : (adj) DEpressed or disheartened
21.Rebuke: : (v) To express DISAPPROVAL of; to reprimand
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1. Who wrote The Canterbury Tales?: Geoffrey Chaucer
2. What is a frame tale?: : A story within a story
3. What is a moral tale?: : A story with a moral lesson; uses
allegory to portray the struggle between good and evil
4. What is personification?
Where does it take place in The Canterbury Tales?: :
Personification makes inanimate objects have human characteristics.
One example is how Chaucer personifies Death in the Pardoner's Tale.
5. Who/what are the pilgrims going to see in Canterbury?: :
The shrine of Tomas a Beckett
6. How many deadly sins are there? Name them.: : There
are 7 Deadly Sins: Greed, Wrath, Gluttony, Lust, Envy, Pride, and
Sloth
7. According to the Wife of Bath, what do women most desire?:
: Sovereignty over their husbands
8. What is an allusion?: : A reference to a person, event, place, or
phrase that most people will recognize
9. In what season does the pilgrimage take place?: : Spring
(April)
10.What is direct characterization?: : Details described EXACTLY
about a char- acter
11.What is indirect characterization?: : Uses actions, thoughts,
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, and dialogue to reveal a character's personality
12.Agility: : (n) Moving quickly or easily
13.Disdain: : (v) To DESPISE or scorn
14.Eminent: : (adj) HIGH in rank; *distinguished*
15.Malady: : (n) Ailment or illness
16.Repine: : (v) To complain or fREt
17.Castigate: : (v) To *Criticize* or reprimand severely
18.Adversary: : (n) opponent or ENEMY
19.Cosset: : (v) To PAMPER or treat as a pet
20.Dejected: : (adj) DEpressed or disheartened
21.Rebuke: : (v) To express DISAPPROVAL of; to reprimand
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