HISTORY
MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN EUROPE
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Question
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Which of the following describes the plot of the “Canterbury Tales”?
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The Holy Roman emperor apologizes to the pope.
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St. Francis starts the Franciscan order.
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A group of people goes on a religious pilgrimage.
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A group of knights goes on a quest for a holy relic.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -While the pilgrimage itself receives scant attention in The Canterbury Tales, the fact that the characters are on a pilgrimage to Canterbury draws out key themes: the showy, hypocritical nature of many religious actions and the characters’ widely varying moral commitments.
Detailed explanation-2: -His tale relates how three drunken revelers set out to destroy Death after one of their friends had died. An old man tells them that Death can be found under a particular oak tree in a grove, but when they arrive at the tree, they discover only a pile of gold florins.
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