Literature 8: The Nun's Priest Tale

Literature 8: 
The Nun's Priest Tale
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Literature 8: 
The Nun's Priest Tale

Slide 1 - Diapositive

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. 

Slide 2 - Diapositive

1. Take a guess: Some characters in the Nun's Priest tale are animals with human qualities. What is this called?
A
Irony
B
Allegory
C
Personification
D
Metaphor

Slide 3 - Quiz

2. Take a guess: Which of the following is not a character in The Nun's Priest Tale?
A
A fox
B
A rooster
C
A chicken
D
A duck

Slide 4 - Quiz

3. Take a guess: The rooster in the story has one particular character flaw. Which one?
A
Impatient
B
Arrogant
C
Paranoid
D
Stubborn

Slide 5 - Quiz

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

Slide 6 - Quiz

5. Take a guess: The Nun's Priest tale is a short story to illustrate a moral by using animals. What is this called?
A
An epic
B
A folktale
C
A caricature
D
A fable

Slide 7 - Quiz

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

Slide 8 - Diapositive

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

Slide 9 - Diapositive

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

Slide 10 - Diapositive

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

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6. Why does the Nun's Priest tell the story of Chanticleer and the fox?
A
He needed to tell a story about animals
B
He needed to tell a happy story
C
He needed to tell a story with a moral
D
He needed to tell a simple story

Slide 12 - Quiz

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

Slide 13 - Quiz

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

Slide 14 - Quiz

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

Slide 15 - Quiz

10. The story of The Nun's Priest Tale is a fable. Which was?
A
A short story written in Old French
B
A short story to illustrate a moral
C
A short story about good and evil
D
A short story with a flawed character

Slide 16 - Quiz

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!

Slide 17 - Diapositive