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The Canterbury Tales | 19: The Physician's Tale Questions and Answers

Study Questions
l. What characteristic of an exemplum is found in The Physician's Tale?

2. How are The Franklin's Tale, The Physician's Tale, and The Second Nun's Tale alike?

3. In what way are they different?

4. What is the theme of The Physician's Tale?

5. In what way does Virginius represent true justice and how does Appius represent justice corrupted?

6. How does Virginia, though pagan, fit into the medieval
Christian concept of virtuous womanhood?

7. How did Chaucer change his tale from the...



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