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1. "The Canterbury Tales" consisted of 22 complete stories, but how many were originally planned?
2. What brother of a parson is described in Chaucer's prologue to "The Canterbury Tales" as one who pays his tithes "ful faire and well"?
3. This pilgrim's tale contains the characters Nicholas and Absolon.
4. Which pilgrim's tale is based on one of Boccaccio's courtly romances?
5. In the prologue, we are told he was "At Alisandre."
6. This pilgrim, believing that the caricature of the carpenter in the Miller's tale was aimed at him, counters with his own story that mocks the arrogance of the miller.
7. Which pilgrim's tale contains a knight named Arveragus, a
lady named Dorigen, and a squire named Aurelie?
8. His tale tells the story of a maiden whose beauty inspires a judge to attempt to attain her through a trumped-up law suit.
9. What is the name of the rooster in the Nun's Priest's tale?
10. The moral of his tale was: "Avarice is the root of all evil."
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