Canterbury Tales Recap

In what season are the pilgrims traveling?

• Fall

• Winter

• Spring

• Summer

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The Canterbury Tales was originally written in which language?

• Old English

• French

• Middle English

• Elizabethan English

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What makes The Canterbury Tales a good reflection of its time period?

• All of the tales are biographical accounts of true events.

• It tells of people in different social levels and occupations.

• Chaucer's role as a Church father gave him the inside scoop on religion.

• It includes lots of detail about the Black Death.

What time period best fits when Chaucer was alive?

• 1300s

• 1400s

• 1100s

• 1600s

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Which of the following describes a formal aspect of The Canterbury Tales?

• iambic pentameter

• free verse

• balanced alliteration

• heroic couplets

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What type of story is The Canterbury Tales considered to be?

• a sonnet

• an epic

• a frame narrative

• an autobiography

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Which pilgrim tells a fabliau?

• The Miller

• The Parson

• The Wife of Bath

• The Nun's Priest

In "The Miller's Tale," Nicholas is a ______.

• judge

• farmer

• clerk/student

• parson/preacher

How many times has the Wife of Bath been married?

• Two
• Three
• Four
• Five

In "The Wife of Bath's Tale," the criminal (knight) must find out the desires of which group of people?

(a)