LITERATURE QUESTIONS
EARLY BRITISH LITERATURE
|
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
|
|
at the theatre
|
|
|
at church
|
|
|
at a pub
|
|
|
in a forest
|
Detailed explanation-1: -The book tells the story of some pilgrims who went to Canterbury together. On their journey from London, they each told a story – a tale. The pilgrims met at a house called the Tabard Inn in London.
Detailed explanation-2: -Written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century, The Canterbury Tales tells the story of a group of 31 pilgrims who meet while travelling from the Tabard Inn in Southwark to the shrine of St Thomas Becket in Canterbury.
Detailed explanation-3: -At the beginning of The Canterbury Tales, the pilgrims gather in Southwark, England at the Tabard Inn before they embark on their pilgrimage, or journey to a religiously significant place. The characters are traveling to Canterbury Cathedral to see the shrine of Thomas Becket.
Detailed explanation-4: -The General Prologue is the first part of The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. It introduces the frame story, in which a group of pilgrims travelling to the shrine of Thomas Becket in Canterbury agree to take part in a storytelling competition, and describes the pilgrims themselves.
Detailed explanation-5: -In Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, his pilgrims gather in the Tabard Inn, in Southwark.