Canterbury Tales Background

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Who wrote The Canterbury Tales and is known as the “Father of English Poetry”?

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Geoffrey Chaucer

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What historical event did The Canterbury Tales document?

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a pilgrimage to Canterbury to visit the shrine of St. Thomas Becket

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The Canterbury Tales was originally intended to have _________ stories, but it ended up having _________ stories.

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120; 24

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A larger story, inside of which are many smaller stories.

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Frame Tale

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A type of writing that pokes fun at people, their weaknesses, institutions, and social conventions.

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Satire

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The pilgrims agree to tell tales during the journey to —

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win a free meal and entertain one another

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To which British Literature Period does The Canterbury Tales belong? Options: Anglo-Saxon Period, Medieval Period, Renaissance Period, Ancient Period

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Medieval Period

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Why are The Canterbury Tales considered an important historical literary work?

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The descriptions of the characters provides a picture of what the people were actually like at the time.

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In what month does the "Prologue" to The Canterbury Tales begin?

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April

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The words "English" and "England" originate from the language of the following group which invaded Great Britain: the Norse, the Norman French, the Romans, the Germanic tribes

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the Germanic tribes