Middle English Review

3. What was Chaucer's purpose in writing The Canterbury Tales
5. The use of humor, irony, or exaggeration to criticize someone
7. Someone who accepts money in exchange for pardoning someone's sins
8. The old woman tells the knight that she can be old and faithful, or young and dishonest. He chooses...
9. storyteller who had many husbands
10. Character who was supposed to be a holy man but he was a greedy hunter
13. where the old man says that the three brothers can find death
16. A journey, typically of religious significance
18. Characters in The Canterbury Tales that Chaucer seems to respect
19. Characters in The Canterbury Tales that Chaucer makes fun of
20. What do the two older brothers plan to do to the youngest

1. A very typical example of a certain person or thing
2. the old woman's condition for telling the knight what he wants to know
4. Why do the three brothers try to kill each other
6. what the old woman tells that knight that women want most
11. What do the three men plan to do in the Pardoner's Tale
12. character sent on a quest to find out what women want most
14. What does the youngest brother plan to do to the two older brothers
15. Character who presents himself as a wealthy businessman but is in a lot of debt
17. Another word for greed