Canterbury Tales Background

Before Chaucer, Latin and French were the only languages used by serious poets. Chaucer made the English language

• common

• respectable

• obsolete

• worse

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Chaucer was the first famous English writer to be buried in

• a tomb

• alive

• Poets Corner in Westminster Abbey

• the United States

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Chaucer believed in God's love and mercy, but

• he didn't think friars and Popes had anything to do with sinners going to Heaven

• he mainly defended the virtue of charity

• he attacks self-righteousness

• all of these

Where are the travelers going?

• to see the Pope

• to the shrine of Saint Thomas a Becket

• to the shrine of Mary

• to find the holy grail

The Canterbury Tales is often considered a "snapshot" of the late medieval times because

• it has tales from all walks of life, all social classes, and it seems to represent all of us on our pilgrimage through life.

• it has lots of intricate pictures to go with the stories

• the Ellesmere Edition brings the medieval times to life

• Chaucer is a good story teller

What is the process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character?

• description

• mood

• tone

• characterization

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Because Canterbury Tales includes many different narratives, it is called a

• frame story

• long story

• short story

• building story

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What are the 3 divisions of medieval society that the pilgrims fall into?

• slave, owner, free man

• knight, king, priest

• feudal, church, professional

• poet, king, peasant

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