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English Literature

Who wrote the Canterbury Tales?

The Canterbury Tales

• Frame-story
• Group of pilgrims on their way to Canterbury > the shrine of the martyr St. Thomas Becket
• Story-telling contest

The Canterbury Tales

- Not finished (124 stories was Chaucer's goal)

- Chaucer dies

- Chaucer actually completed only twenty-two, although two more exist in fragments

The Miller's Tale

9. The Canterbury Tales contains stories about how many travellers?

1. 24
2. 29
3. 32
4. 36

Who was William Caxton?

1. a renowned Italian poet
2. Chaucer's employer and friend
3. the publisher of the Canterbury Tales

Which language was used to write the Canterbury Tales?

1. Old English
2. Modern English
3. French
4. Middle English

5. Take a guess: Chaucer's most famous work, The Canterbury Tales, was written for?

1. The nobility
2. The illiterate peasants
3. Merchants
4. All of the above

24. Why are the pilgrims in The Canterbury Tales travelling to Canterbury?

1. To worship the relics of Saint Thomas Becket
2. To meet King Henry III
3. To visit as tourists
4. To see a medieval mystery play

25. The Canterbury Tales is one story that connects to a series of other stories. What is this technique called?

1. Frame narrative
2. Web narrative
3. Box narrative
4. Casing narrative

9. I have read and researched one of the other stories in the Canterbury Tales

1. Yes
2. No

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