Chaucer and the Canterbury Tales

Geoffrey Chaucer was the first to use ___ in a major literary work.

• iambic pentameter

• English

• proper grammar and spelling

• rhyming words

Which medieval area of society did the following people belong to:

yeoman, plowman, reeve, knight

• the court

• the church

• the commoners

• the teachers

Which part of the Canterbury Tales introduces the pilgrims?

• the epilogue

• the monolgue

• the prologue

• the dialogue

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What was considered fashionable during the medieval period?

• red hair

• curly hair

• body odor

• pimples

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Where are the pilgrims journeying in the Canterbury Tales?

• to Shop n Wash

• to Bethlehem

• to see the king

• to the shrine of St. Thomas of Becket

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Geoffrey Chaucer was known as ___.

• the Father of English literature

• the Godfather

• the Father of poetry

• the man, the myth, and the legend

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Chaucer's wife, Philippa de Rout, was ___ of the queen.

• a lady-in-waiting

• the bestie

• the sister

• the private tutor

Where is Geoffrey Chaucer buried?

• Mrs. Brooks' backyard

• the Royal Burial Ground

• his tomb was never found

• Poet's Corner in Westminster Abbey

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Chaucer supervised the construction of the Westminster Abbey and ___.

• the London Tower

• London Bridge

• Buckingham Palace

• Big Ben

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In the medieval period, men with long hair were considered ___.

• weak and undesirable

• strong and attractive

• fashionable

• wealthy

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