Post-Reading Questions for "The Prologue"

1. In "The Prologue", how would you describe the narrator's values? (hint: think of those characters he admires and those he does not, think of his descriptions of himself)

* the narrator's values are if he sees someone who is using their skills for the right thing then he will give them praise, and if he sees someone using their wrongfully then he will speak ill of them, or make strange or weird comments about them...

2. What impression does the narrator give you of the church in his day? Cite details from the text.

*The impression I get from the way the narrator say about the church from his time, is that some of the people who work in the church abuse their power to get the things they want, no matter the cost.

3. What might be a modern equivalent of The Knight? The Squire? The Pardoner? Explain your answers.

*a knight in our time is a soldier, and a officer, and for a squire is a student who is trying to learn something in school, after what he knows what is right, and for a Pardoner now is a person who sings the national anthem or just a person who sings.

4. Imagine how Chaucer would describe a modern day person. Write a character sketch of that person, identifying his or her social role or profession. Use paragraph form instead of rhymed lines.