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Alquin Reader Questions about Canterbury Tales



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Alquin Reader Questions about Canterbury Tales



Vul je antwoord in (keywords!)
Nadat je op bewaren hebt gedrukt,
zie je het antwoordmodel. 
Goodluck!

Slide 1 - Slide

Page 44
The knight is one fo the few pilgrims who provide no personal Prologue. Why?

Slide 2 - Open question

Page 46
Question 2: Is the initial impression given by the description in the General Prologue reinforced by the rest of the passage?

Slide 3 - Open question

Page 46
Question 1: What does Chaucer expect us to conclude about the Miller's character?

Slide 4 - Open question

Page 46
Question 3a: How does Nicholas manage to persuade Alison to become his lover?

Slide 5 - Open question

Page 46
Question 3b: Why is Alison so easily persuaded?

Slide 6 - Open question

Page 46
Question 4: How is the description of the Miller in keeping with his tale?

Slide 7 - Open question

Page 48
Question 1a: What is the book about, which the Wife of Bath's 5th husband is reading to her?

Slide 8 - Open question

Page 48
Question 1b: Why does it annoy her that her husband is reading this book to her?

Slide 9 - Open question

Page 48
Question 2a: How does the wife of Bath get her own way?

Slide 10 - Open question

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Question 2b: What is the outcome?

Slide 11 - Open question

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Question 3: In Chaucer's time, society was extremely dynamic; Are there signs of this in the tale?

Slide 12 - Open question

Page 48
Question 4a: How do the Wife of Bath's own ideas about marriage and the relationship between man and wife surface in the last part of the tale?

Slide 13 - Open question

Page 48
Question 4b: Why does the knight eventually leave the choice up to his wife?

Slide 14 - Open question

Page 48
Question 5: In the Middle Ages, women were often portrayed as wilful, sensual and a bad influence on men. Is this reflected in the passage above?

Slide 15 - Open question

Page 51
Question 1: What things does the Pardoner have with him and what are they for?

Slide 16 - Open question

Page 51
Question 2b: What methods does the Pardoner use to persuade his audience?

Slide 17 - Open question

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Question 2a: Identify ten lines in the passage in which the Pardoner demonstrates his dishonesty.

Slide 18 - Open question

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Question 3a: Describe and explain the difference in which the Pardoner talks to his fellow pilgrims from the way he talks to the 'yokels' he refers to.

Slide 19 - Open question

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Question 3b: At the end of his tale, the Pardoner coolly tries to sell pardons to his fellow pilgrims. Why should he imagine he has any chance of success?

Slide 20 - Open question