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Canterbury Tales Test Flashcards

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Certificates issued by the pope which were said to reduce or cancel a punishment in the next life for sins forgiven on earth

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What were indulgences?

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14th century

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When were the Canterbury Tales written?

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This person was responsible for translating the bible from Latin into English

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Who was John Wycliffe?

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Century in which the Protestant reformation happened

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What is the 16th century?

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Pilgrims who carried palm branches as a token that they had visited the holy land

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Palmers

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The head of a house of monks

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Prior of the cell

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A place, especially a monastery or convent, devoted to religious seclusion

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Cloister

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French versions of Saint Benedict, who established the Benedictine order of monks, and Saint Maurice, his follower

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Saint Benet and Saint Maur

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French version of St. Augustine, a famous church scholar

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Austin

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An act performed to make amend for one’s sins

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Penance

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Confession

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Shrift

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Formal forgiveness for one’s sins

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Absolution

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Patron saint of hospitality

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Saint Julian

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Standard payments made to the church

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Tithes

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A song sung in the evening in the church

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Evensong

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Morning songs in the church

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Mattins or matins

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Seemed busier than he was; silk belt

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Lawyer

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17
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Ten pound kerchief worn on head

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Wife of bath

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Made fools of other educated stewards

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Manciple

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Studied Aristotle

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Clerk

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Hauled manure

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Plowman

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Had a sore on his knee

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Cook

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Military officer

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Knight

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Cloak full of knives; licensed beggar

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Friar

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Wore a st. Christopher medal; hunter

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Yeoman

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Epicurean; white beard

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Franklin

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Sailor

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Skipper

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Kind, gave to the poor

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Parson

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Forked beard; greedy

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Merchant

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Son of knight; college student; so lovesick he couldn’t sleep

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Squire

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Union; tradesmen; suited to sit on a dais

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Guildsmen

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Choleric; manage of a Wealthy landowner’s estate

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Reeve

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Red beard; wart on his nose

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Miller

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Petty officer who cites people to appear before the courts; pimples; frightens children

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Summoner

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Wore a gold brooch

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Prioress/nun

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Owned horses and followed newfangled ideas

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Monk

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Trained in astrology; loved gold

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Doctor

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Hair as yellow ad was; eunuch

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Pardoner

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Chaucer’s legacy

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“The Father of Modern English Poetry”

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1066

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Invasion of Normans

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Beckett’s highest position

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Archbishop of Cantebury

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An honor code and system of ideas

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Chivalry

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Another name for a tradesmen union

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Guild

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The magma carta established that:

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The king had to follow the rules of the people

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System in which the government granted land to people in exchange for loyalty and militia

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Feudalism

45
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Love stories that were sung and written in poetic verse

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Ballads

46
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Two types of plays:

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Miracle and morality

47
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“Death of Arthur”

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Morte d’Arthur

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Type of story that used animals in the story for satire

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Fables

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Book that tallied people for taxation

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Doomsday Book

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Who many pilgrims went on the journey to Canterbury?

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30

51
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Where did the pilgrims start their journey?

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Tabard inn

52
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How many tales was each pilgrim supposed to tell?

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4

53
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How many tales were fully written by Chaucer?

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23

54
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Who was the innkeeper and host of the pilgrimage?

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Harry Bailly

55
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How many tales are documented in the Canterbury Tales?

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24 (1 is unfinished)

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When did the pilgrimage begin?

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April 17th

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Who influenced Chaucer and what was the person’ book?

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Boccacio; Decameron

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Why did the language of the tales influence the language of the common people?

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The tales contained higher level vocabulary for the common people, which influenced the common people to use those words. This spurred the upper movement of the classes

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Knights tale

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Chivalric romance

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Squires take

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Chivalric romance

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Manciples tale

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Myth

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Wife of baths tale

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Breton lais

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Franklins tale

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Breton lais

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Nuns priests tale

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Beast fable

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Chaucers tale #2

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Prose allegory

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Nuns priest tale

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Mock heroic

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Chaucers tale #1

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Mock romance

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Friars tale

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Jokes

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Summoners tale

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Jokes

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Canon yeomans tale

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Jokes

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Millers tale

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Fabliau

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Skippers tale

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Fabliau

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Merchants tale

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Fabliau

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Reeves tale

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Fabliau

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Cooks fragment

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Fabliau

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Parsons tale

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Sermon

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Pardoned tale

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Exemplum

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Second nuns tale

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Saints legend

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Prioress tale

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Miracle of the virgin

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Physicians tale

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Moral tale

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Clerics tale

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Moral tale

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