Krantz
English 4620
Questions
Nuns' Priest's Tale

1. How is the NPT like our epic Beowulf?
2. How is the NPT like Aesop's fables?
3. Is the tale serious? Say how and why.
4. Find places where you find the NPT funny or exaggerated and try to say why.
5. Is Chaunticleer a courtly lover or an epicure or both?
6. Does predestination or free will determine the outcome of the tale? Say why.