or the course represent.The romance, the sermon, and the confession are all types of literature that Chaucer uses. The Pardoners Prologue and The Wife of Baths Prologue are examples of the confession. An example of the sermon is found in The Pardoners Tale. The Wife of Baths Tale is a good example of the romance.5.Chaucer is a master of irony. Give one example of his use of each of these three types of irony: verbal, dramatic, and situational. The examples may come from any of the Chaucer selections assigned.Chaucer uses verbal irony describing the Summoner in The General Prologue in line 650, A better felawe sholde men nought finde, saying that the Summoner is a good man when he truly thinks of him as a sinner. Part I:6.What military event, which took place in what year, made French the most widely used written language in England for over 150 years?The Norman Conquest of 1066.7.Why is the Knight on the pilgrimage? How does Chaucer indicate this?The knight was on the pilgrimage for fun. Chaucer indicated this by telling of the knight just coming from a voyage of battle, and he now does not wear his armor.8.In what century did the Germanic tribes whose dialects form the basis of Old English arrive in England?In the fifth century, between 450 and 600 A.D.9.In what month did the pilgrimage described in The Canterbury Tales take place? Who wore "a brooch of gold ful sheene, / On which ther was first writen a crowned A, / And after, Amor vincit omnia"? Who was The holy blissful martyrThat hem hath holpen whan that they were seke"? Who said, "I preche of no thing but for coveitise"?The pilgrimage takes place in April after the drought of March had broken. The Nonne, a Prioresse, wore the brooch of gold ful sheene. St. Thomas Becket was the holy blissful martyr. It is The Pardoner who says I preche of no thing bur for convetise.10.Of whom is it said, "Ther nas no man nowher so vertuous; He was the beste beggere in his hous"? Of who...
