Book menu for The Squire's Tale by Gerald Morris
Food mentioned The Squire's Tale:
Stew, 8
Hazelnuts, 21
Custard, 54
Pastries, 54
Eggs, ham, bacon, rolls, 163
Apples, 163
Pears, 163
Plums, 163
Bread and cheese, 176
Great vocabulary in The Squire's Tale :
rebuke, 4
doffed, 6
jovially, 7
fealty, 26
arduous, 27
sultry, 38
magnanimous, 49
welled, 65
miscreant, 65
convulsively, 74
teemed, 83
sinews, 93
beguiled, 93
cavalcade, 101, 181
sanguine, 108
desecrating, 121
affably, 122
retinue, 123
bemusedly, 126
demurely, 130
vacuously, 130
consternation, 133
tittered, 132
traduced, 144
perfidy, 146
tirade, 148
fulminating, 150
surliness, 165
caustic, 180
pestilential, 181
gangrenous, 202
Discussion questions for The Squire's Tale:
What, if anything, is the author preaching to his audience?
What lessons did Gawain and Terrence learn?
What do you think of questing?
What are Terrence, Sir Gawain, and King Arthur's greatest gifts/assets?
What was your favorite insult in the name calling scenes?
What do you think the author's opinion of women is?
