English IV

The Pardoner’s Tale from

The Canterbury Tales

Le Morte d’Arthur by Sir

Thomas Malory

And Sir Gawain and the

Green Knight by The Pearl
Poet
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Who are the
rioters seeking in
the start of the
Pardoner’s Tale?
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Death
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When the old man

tells them where
Death is, what do
they find there
instead?
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Gold
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How do the men decide
who will go into town to
get supplies – that will
help them kill the
daylight?
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Draw Straws
– shortest
straw goes
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While the loser is

gone, what do the
other two decide
to do?
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Kill him and

take his
share
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While in town,
what has the
youngest decided to
do?
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Poison the wine

of the other
two and take
their shares
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What type of
literature is Le
Morte d’Arthur?
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Legend
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What is the
moral of the
Pardoner’s
Tale?
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Greed/Money
is the root of
all evil
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What is an
exemplum?
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A sermon
told in story
form with a
moral lesson
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What are 2
characteristics
of a Romance?
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1. Set in a remote place
2. Includes the marvelous
and miracles
3. Hero is superior to
normal men
4. Testing plot
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How does the

Pardoner’s
personality reflect
itself in his tale?
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His crooked
selfishness is
mirrored by
the rioters
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Born 1410 in
Warwickshire,
England
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Who is Sir
Thomas
Malory?
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Born 1340 to a
prosperous wine
merchant
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Who is
Geoffrey
Chaucer?
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Wrote regularly
with heavy
usage of
alliterations
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Who is the
Pearl Poet?
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Influenced by
Italian authors,
including Boccaccio,
Dante, and
Petrarch
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Who is
Chaucer?
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Led a life in and

out of prison until
he was released
by Henry VI in
1470
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Who is Malory?
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What is allegory?
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When everything
in the story
represents some
greater, deeper
meaning
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What is
alliteration?
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Repetition of
consonant
sounds
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What is a
legend?
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An unverified story
handed down from
earlier times,
especially one
popularly believed
to be historical.
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St. Thomas a
Becket is a
martyr. What is
a martyr?
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Nothing.
What’s a martyr
with you?
(someone who dies for
a cause or belief)
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Written in the late

1300’s, it is a
collection of stories
told by people making
a religious pilgrimage
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What is The
Canterbury
Tales?
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Had an affair
with Queen
Guinevere
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Who is Sir
Lancelot?
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Betrayed
Arthur 3 times
by not throwing
Excalibur into
the lake
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Who is Sir
Bedivere?
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KOTRT who is
also Arthur’s
Nephew
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Who is Sir
Gawain?
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Knight who loses

his guts in the
battle with
Mordred’s Army
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Who is Sir Lucan

the Butler?
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Knights who raise

King Arthur, at
Merlin’s request
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Who are Sir

Ector and Sir
Kay?
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What warning
does Arthur
dream?
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That he should
postpone the
battle with
Mordred.
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Who is
Arthur’s
Father?
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King Uther
Pendragon
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What does the
Pardoner carry in his
sack?
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Holy Relics
 In the
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Pardoner’s
Tale, do the
rioters ever
find death?
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Yes.
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The mythical place

of healing where
Arthur is taking
upon receiving his
mortal wound
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Avalon
Quests Family
Round
Sir
and Tree Setting Chivalry Misc. 1
Gawain
Tests

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Final

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King Arthur’s
Knights
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The Holy Grail

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Pull the
Sword from
the Stone
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King Arthur
$600

The Beheading
Game
$600

Sir Gawain
and The
Green Knight
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Throw Excalibur
into the lake
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Sir Bedivere
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The Hunting Game

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Bercilak and
Sir Gawain
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Arthur’s Sister
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Who is
Morgana?
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Double

Arthur’s
Mother
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Double

Who is
Igrayne,
Lady
Cornwall?
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Arthur’s Son /
Nephew
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Who is
Mordred?
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Arthur’s
Wife
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Who is
Guinevere?
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Mother of
Arthur’s only
child
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Who is
Morgana, his
sister?
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Where is
Gawain to
meet the
Green Knight?
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Green Chapel
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Arthur’s Kingdom
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What is
Camelot?
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The Lake from

whence
Excalibur
comes
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What is Lake
Windemere?
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The Pardoner
is on a
pilgrimage
to…
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What is
Canterbury
Cathedral?
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Arthur is buried in…

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What is
Canterbury?
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G_________
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What is
Generosity?
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Compa______
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What is
compassion?
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Cou______
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Double

What is
Courtesy?
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F________
Or
C________
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Who is fellowship
or
companionableness?
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P_____ M____
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What is pure
mind?
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The initial
reaction of
Arthur and his
knights to the
Green Knight
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What is
fascination?
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The main motivation

for Sir Gawain to
seek out the Green
Knight a year after
their first meeting
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What is
honor?
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This emotion
leads Gawain to
lie about the
green girdle
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What is
fearfulness?
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Gawain’s reaction
when the Green
Knight takes the
first sword stroke
at Gawain’s neck
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What is: He
flinches?
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Sir Gawain’s
intentions when he
appears in Arthur’s
dream in Le Morte
d’Arthur
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What is: To warn

Arthur against
fighting Mordred
the next day?
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The time of year

that Sir Gawain
encounters the Green
Knight twice
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What is
Yuletide or
Christmas?
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Arthur blames him

for the deaths of
nearly all of his
followers in Le
Morte d’Arthur
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Who is
Mordred?
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After Arthur’s
death in Le Morte
d’Arthur, Sir
Bedivere dedicates
his life to this
 What is:
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Praying for
Arthur’s
soul?
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Gawain is not a
typical romantic
hero because he…
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Because he is
human and
flawed.
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What role does
William Caxton play
in both The
Canterbury Tales
and Le Morte
d’Arthur?
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What is the
printing press
Symbols
 Describe 3
examples of King
Arthur’s Story as
a Christian
Allegory.
What is: betrayed 3
times, knights as
apostles,
resurrection,
“supernatural” birth,
etc.