FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
GEOFFREY CHAUCER
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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lunch
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dinner
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dessert
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drink
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Detailed explanation-1: -a dinner or C a book? In Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales, the prize for telling the best tale on their pilgrimage was a free dinner, paid for by all who are going on the journey to Canterbury.
Detailed explanation-2: -Answer and Explanation: In The Canterbury Tales, each pilgrim is supposed to tell four stories. The pilgrim who tells the best story wins the prize. The contest prize is a free dinner.
Detailed explanation-3: -The prize for this contest is a free meal at the Tabard Inn at Southwark on their return. It has been suggested that the greatest contribution of The Canterbury Tales to English literature was the popularisation of the English vernacular in mainstream literature, as opposed to French, Italian or Latin.
Detailed explanation-4: -Bailey also stands to profit from the contest: the winner of the contest wins a free meal at his tavern, to be paid for by the rest of the contestants, all of whom will presumably eat with the winner and thus buy more meals from Bailey.
Detailed explanation-5: -The winner will receive the meal by the pillar, paid for by the other pilgrims.