Literature 8: The Nun's Priest Tale

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Literature 8: 
The Nun's Priest Tale

Literature Test:

Study: 
- The background information in your reader
- The answers to the questions in your reader

Questions: 
- Multiple choice, True/False, Open Questions, etc. 

1. Take a guess: Some characters in the Nun's Priest tale are animals with human qualities. What is this called?

1. Irony
2. Allegory
3. Personification
4. Metaphor

2. Take a guess: Which of the following is not a character in The Nun's Priest Tale?

1. A fox
2. A rooster
3. A chicken
4. A duck

3. Take a guess: The rooster in the story has one particular character flaw. Which one?

1. Impatient
2. Arrogant
3. Paranoid
4. Stubborn

4. Take a guess: True or False "The rooster in The Nun's Priest Tale dies at the end of the tale."

1. True
2. False

5. Take a guess: The Nun's Priest tale is a short story to illustrate a moral by using animals. What is this called?

1. An epic
2. A folktale
3. A caricature
4. A fable

The Nun's Priest Tale

- Prologue: the Monk has told a tragic story 
- The Knight demands a happy story 
- The Host picks the Nun's Priest
   to tell one

The Nun's Priest Tale

- Poor widow & daughters living in a cottage
- Number of animals including a rooster called Chanticleer
- Sings and looks beautiful, but arrogant
- Has a dream that a beast will kill him
- Chickens tell him it's nothing
- Chanticleer believes it's real

The Nun's Priest Tale

- One day, a fox starts stalking Chanticleer
- Tells him not to be afraid
- Flatters him and compliments his singing
- Chanticleer stretches his neck to sing
- Fox grabs him by the throat & runs away
- The widow and daughters start chasing him

The Nun's Priest Tale

- Chanticleer tells the fox to turn back and tell the
   people he has won and will eat the rooster
- Fox opens his mouth to respond
- Chanticleer flies up into a tree
- Fox tries to flatter him again
- Chanticleer will not be fooled again

6. Why does the Nun's Priest tell the story of Chanticleer and the fox?

1. He needed to tell a story about animals
2. He needed to tell a happy story
3. He needed to tell a story with a moral
4. He needed to tell a simple story

7. True or False: "Chanticleer's dream about an evil beast killing him comes true."

1. True
2. False

8. True or False: "The fox tricks Chanticleer into following him."

1. True
2. False

9. True or False: "Chanticleer manages to trick the fox and escapes all by himself."

1. True
2. False

10. The story of The Nun's Priest Tale is a fable. Which was?

1. A short story written in Old French
2. A short story to illustrate a moral
3. A short story about good and evil
4. A short story with a flawed character

Check the reader:

Literature 8: The Nun's Priest Tale
- Read the background information
- Answer the questions (using the internet)
- Check your answers (see Its Learning)

+ Study for the upcoming test!