Introduction Summary of Canterbury Tales

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Answer questions after reading: http://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/c/the-canterbury-tales/summary
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Question 1

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Canterbury Tales tells the story of a group of
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  • Merchants
  • Pilgrims
  • Animals
  • Actors

Question 2

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The people in Canterbury Tales travel to Canterbury to receive:
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  • Money they are owed from the government
  • Advice from the hermit who lives on the mountain there
  • Blessings from St. Thomas à Becket, the martyr
  • Produce from the farmers in that area

Question 3

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The host of the _________________________________________________ proposes that everyone tell a story to pass the time, and they make a contest out of it.
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  • Canterbury Church
  • Local castle
  • Tabard Inn
  • King John restaurant and apothecary

Question 4

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they decide who will tell the first story by:
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  • Voting
  • Casting lots
  • going youngest to oldest
  • drawing straws

Question 5

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The first to tell a story is the
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  • Knight
  • Reeve
  • Nun
  • Chaucer

Question 6

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After the Miller's tale, everyone laughs except
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  • Chaucer
  • The Reeve
  • The Franklin
  • The Host

Question 7

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The host is pleased with the tale the Man of Law tells
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  • True
  • False

Question 8

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The Wife of Bath and the Summoner tell tales about each other
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  • True
  • False

Question 9

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The summoner tells two obscene tales about a friar
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  • True
  • False

Question 10

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Which of the following tell a tale about love and marriage (check all that apply)
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  • the reeve
  • the franklin
  • the clerk
  • the merchant

Question 11

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Most of the tales are told in prose
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  • True
  • False

Question 12

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Which tells a tale with animals as the characters?
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  • The Monk
  • The Nun's Priest

Question 13

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The Canterbury Tales ends with
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  • The parson's sermon
  • Chaucer's retraction
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