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The Canterbury Tales - Prologue

Authored by Kerry Hanrahan

English

10th - 12th Grade

CCSS covered

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The Canterbury Tales - Prologue
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who did the narrator meet at the Tabbard Inn?

the King of England

the Archbishop of Canterbury

29 pilgrims

St. Thomas a Becket

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why was everyone at The Tabbard?

There was a band of highwaymen on the road and the people were afraid to travel.

They were on their way making a pilgrimage to Canterbury.

They had come to celebrate the baptism of the King's youngest son.

Over half the group had taken ill. They were recuperating at the inn.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What were they going to see?

the relics of the True Cross

a special presentation of the Passion play

a spring that was supposed to have miraculous healing powers

the shrine of St. Thomas a Becket

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

He has been in many battles. He was true and gentle.

The Knight

The Yeoman

The Sergeant at the Law

The Merchant

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.W.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

He was the son of the Knight, in his twenties, agile, strong, and happy-go-lucky.

The Plowman

The Squire

The Reeve

The Pardoner

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

He was the Squire's servant. He was a woodsman, a Robin Hood type of character.

The Host

The Shipman

The Yeoman

The Manciple

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.W.9-10.9

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

She spoke French, was dainty and pleasant, and the picture of medieval beauty.

The Prioress/Nun

The Wife of Bath

The Cook

The Weaver

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

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