1.     Where is this tale set and what is important about its setting? 2.     What are Chauntecleer and Pertelote like? What...

1.     Where is this tale set and what is important about its setting?

2.     What are Chauntecleer and Pertelote like? What is their importance in the world in which they live?

3.     What is Chauntecleer's dream? What does Pertelotte believe about the dream?

4.     How are medieval medical beliefs (especially about the Humors) important to Pertelote's discussion of the dream?

5.     What does Chauntecleer's discussion of medieval dream theory add to the piece?

6.     What happens between Chauntecleer and Daun Russel and what is the moral of the story?

7.     Discuss some of the ways that the animals are made more human, and how the tale also reinforces their bestial nature.

8.     How is the Nun's priest like Chauntecleer?

9.     What are the specifics of the three dreams Chauntecleer cites as authority for the importance of dream interpretation?

10.    How is Chauntecleer Courtly?