Some sample questions from this category:
* Several travelers (pilgrims) set off on a pilgrimage to whose Shrine, and where is it located?
* As the pilgrims left Southwark, they were led out of town by the Miller. What instrument was he playing?
* Who told the first tale?
* Chaucer writes in English, of course, but what type of English, specifically?
* Which of the pilgrim women was widowed?
* The Wyf of Bath had a physical impairment, what was it?
* Which of the following is NOT one of Chaucer's travelers?
* The man who organized the pilgrimage and mediated the tale-telling contest, Our Hoste, what is his name?
* How did Harry decide who would tell the first tale?
* How many people are going on the pilgrimage to Canterbury?
* "The Nonnes Preestes Tale" is an example of what?
* Which of the following quotes describe the Parson?
* Why is the fact that Chaucer wrote in English so important?
* Which of the following is NOT something that Chaucer used in "The Canterbury Tales?"
* Which of the following was not one of the pilgrims?
* How many tales did Chaucer complete before he died?
* "The Canterbury Tales" consisted of 22 complete stories, but how many were originally planned?
* What brother of a parson is described in Chaucer?s prologue to ?The Canterbury Tales? as one who pays his tithes ?ful faire and well??
* This pilgrim?s tale contains the characters Nicholas and Absolon.
* Which pilgrim?s tale is based on one of Boccaccio's courtly romances?
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