The Nun's Priest's Tale

A general quiz based on Chaucer's The Nun's Priest's Tale for A2 revision.
What M is a parody of base matter through an elevated style?. What S is also known as the irony of manner?. What B is short story which uses animals to illustrate a moral message?. What R is the general art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing?. What C is the critic who wrote of Chaucer's 'mixed style'?. What A is a rhetorical device which makes explicit address to an absent person?. What I is the term for each animal's way of speaking?. What D is the device Chaucer uses to make negative words stronger?. What J is the critic who said that the tale deals with central truths with irony and wisdom?. What H is the critic who wrote of the tale as being a series of Russian Dolls?. What S is the style of delivery the priest makes use of?. What C is a fox with black markings?. What M is one of the authorities on dreams that Chauntecleer refers to ?. What I is the start of the Latin phrase which the cock uses incorrectly?. What E is the word for stories that illustrate a general theme?. What C is the technique of talking around the subject to sound impressive?. What J is the critic who talks of the teller's 'anti-feminist' cliches?. What F is the French courtly phrase used to describe Pertelote?. What A is technique in which a story works on the literal and figurative level?. What T is the phrase which means 'understand the moral lesson?'.
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