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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the other two men find Death?

2. What color are the crow's feathers after Phoebus replaces them?

3. What is Appius's profession?

4. Who is Virginia?

5. What animal tricks Chanticleer?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the purpose of the Canon's Yeoman's Prologue?

2. What is common in the books Chaucer retracts?

3. What is the common moral in the Monk's tragedies?

4. What is the moral the Canon's Yeoman is trying to get across?

5. How does the Prioress emphasize the idea that the boy in her tale is a victim?

6. Why does the Host interrupt Chaucer's telling of the Tale of Sir Topas?

7. Why does the Knight interrupt the Monk's Tale?

8. What is the irony of the Pardoner in his argument with the Host?

9. What about the Shipman's Tale suggests that Chaucer originally intended the story to be told by a female character?

10. What does the Pardoner admit about himself in his Prologue?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain marriage during Chaucer's time. What pilgrims address marriage in their tales? What do they think of the institution of marriage?

Essay Topic 2

Explain the society in which Geoffrey Chaucer lived. What was the religious climate? What was the political and social climate?

Essay Topic 3

Define personification. How is personification used in literature? Give an example of personification from The Canterbury Tales. Is this an effective use of personification? Why or why not?

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