LITERATURE QUESTIONS
EARLY BRITISH LITERATURE
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The tales of monks on their way to Becket’s tomb.
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Tales of 24 Pilgrims on their way to Canterbury.
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Tales of a group of random people on their way to Canterbury.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Why do the characters tell stories in The Canterbury Tales? The characters in The Canterbury Tales tell stories to pass time on their pilgrimage to Canterbury and to compete for a free supper.
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: -The host at the inn suggests each pilgrim tell two tales on the way out and two on the way home to help while away their time on the road. The best storyteller is to be rewarded with a free supper on their return.
Detailed explanation-4: -In The General Prologue, the characters agree to tell two stories going to Canterbury and two coming back to the Tabard Inn at Southwark where they started from, totaling 120 tales.