Canterbury Tales Notes

The ___________________ provides a snapshot of all of the pilgrims.

• tale

• General Prologue

• prologue

• All of the other answers are correct.

The text reflects a lack of separation between

• Husbands and wives

• Church and state

• Kings and queens

• Church and banks

The three categories of pilgrims are the

• feudal system, banks, schools

• city, schools, banks

• schools, church, city

• feudal system, church, city

A prologue

• A. is an introductory part of a speech, poem or novel

• B. calls attention to the theme

• both A and B

• neither A nor B

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

A frame story

• includes any number of narratives

• is demonstrated in "The Princess Bride"

• is shown in the Canterbury Tales when pilgrims tell stories within the main story

• all of these

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

The story is set in

• Middle England

• Modern England

• Medieval England

• None of these

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

These themes are included in The Canterbury Tales:

• sin, religious differences

• treachery, hypocrisy

• romance/courtly love

• gender roles and expectations

• All of the other responses are correct.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The Canterbury Tales was originally written in

• Old English

• Modern English

• Middle English

• none of these

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

The pilgrims were traveling to the shrine of

• John the Baptist

• St. Peter

• Paul the Apostle

• Thomas Becket

Thomas Becket was killed by

• King Henry II

• churchgoers

• the knights of King Henry II

• another archbishop

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.10