The Canterbury Tales

How did Chaucer impact the literary world?

• He wrote about his life's work.

• He wrote about everyday people.

• He wrote about kings and queens.

• He translated his writing from Latin to English.

In writing the Canterbury Tales, Geoffery Chaucer is attempting to _________

• present the world through the eyes of the pilgrims

• present the world through the eys of the leaders

• present the world as he sees it.

• present the world in a mean and cruel manner.

What role does the religious journey serve in Chaucer's writing?

• pilgrimage to have fun

• display all segments of medieval England.

• birthday celebration for his friend.

• to begin writing career

The Canterbury Tales serves as an example for

• short story

• collection of essays

• frame story

• bioraphy

The General Prologue only includes____ stories.

• 120

• 100

• 24

• 29

Why was Chaucer going to Canterbury

• to visit a friend

• to visit his mother

• to visit the tomb of Thomas 'a Beckett

In the prologue, Chaucer examines three segments of Medieval England:

• The Old Feudal order, upper order, pesants

• Old Feudal order, The Merchant Class & The Ecclesiastical

• Peasants, Cook, Preacher

Chaucer wrote much of the Tales using his own form called____________.

• iambic pentameter

• heroic couplet

• both iambic pentameter and heroic couplet

• neither

As the pilgrims prepare for their journey, the host of the Inn, sets a challenge for each pilgrim to tell 

• four stories on the way to Canterbury and four stories on the return trip.

• tell one story going and one story on the return.

• tell two stories on the way to Canterbury and two on the return trip.

• tell two stories on the way to Canterbury

_________ is defined as a literary composition in verse, prose, in which human folly and vice are held up to scorn, derision, or ridicule.

• sarcasm

• satire

• imagery

• personification