The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales

What season is described in the opening passage of The Canterbury Tales?

• summer
• winter
• spring
• fall

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CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

Why did everyone 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

Including the narrator, how many pilgrims were at the Tabard Inn that night?

• 30
• 28
• 25
• 12

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

"Proposed the plan of storytelling on the way to and from Canterbury".

• reeve
• knight
• monk
• host

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CCSS.W.7.3A

CCSS.W.7.3B

CCSS.W.7.4

What was the prize for who told the best story?

• lunch
• dinner
• dessert
• drink

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.1

What game does the host propose to the pilgrims?

• they tell two stories on the way to Canterbury
• they tell two stories on the way from Canterbury
• the winner with the best story gets a free meal at the expense of the other travelers
• all answer choices are correct

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.3

Who wrote The Canterbury Tales?

• Unknown
• Geoffrey Chaucer
• The Venerable Bede
• Edmund Spenser

How many tales was each of the pilgrims supposed to tell according to the rules set forth by the host?

• 2
• 4
• 1
• 29

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.1

Thomas a Becket was

• a Catholic priest

• the Archbishop of Canterbury

• a former friend of King Henry II

• all of the above

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CCSS.RI.7.1

From the 11th to the 14th century, _________ was considered a low-class, vulgar language in Great Britain.

• French

• English

• Italian

• Latin