Canterbury Background Notes

What is a pilgrimage?

• a journey to a sacred place
• people coming to America on the Mayflower
• traveling for vacation
• creating a convoy

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

How man other travelers does the narrator meet?

• 29
• 49
• 69
• 19

Why did everyone "especially" go on a pilgrimage to Canterbury?

• To visit the shrine of Beowulf
• to visit the shrine of Archbishop Thomas Becket
• To visit the grave of a beloved family member
• To visit the shrine of King Alfred the Great

Tags

CCSS.RI.K.1

CCSS.RL.K.1

In what language were the tales originally written?

• Old English
• Middle English
• Modern English
• French

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What is the language that people use every day called?

• theology
• heresy 
• anti-Semitism
• vernacular 

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Which book was unfinished at Chaucer's death?

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

Chaucer was the son of a

• famous cook

• wine merchant

• rich glover

Chaucer is considered the ........of English Literature

• brother

• father

• son

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

What role does the religious journey serve in Chaucer's writing?

• pilgrimage to have fun
• display all segments of medieval England.
• birthday celebration for his friend.
• to begin writing career

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

What is the book about?

• about a group of pilgrims traveling from London to Canterbury

• about the archbishop and his adventures

• about the life of King Henry II

• about the life of Thomas Becket

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6