What is the individualisation?

the characters exist because they vital and in movement

Why are the pilgrims going to Canterbury?

visit the shrine of Thomas Becket

What is the function of the General Prologue?

It's to give a brief description of each pilgrim

Who was Geoffrey Chaucer?

The father of English Literature

What is the main theme?

the Journey in the form of pilgrimage

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1
Why did Chaucer unfinished this work?
Because he changed work
Because the tales were too much
Because he died
Because he was tired
2
What is the individualisation?
the characters exist because they vital and in movement
the characters are static and emblematic
the single human being
the represantation of the middle class
3
Why are the pilgrims going to Canterbury?
preach Saint Thomas Becket
visit the shrine of Thomas Becket
on holiday
devote Canterbury
4
What does London represent?
semplicity
the celestial city
holiness
pleasure
5
What is the function of the General Prologue?
It's to explain the pilgrimage
It's to entertain
It's to give a brief description of each pilgrim
It's to introduce to the tale
6
Which is the time setting?
Summer and Spring
August,Summer
March, Spring
April, Spring
7
Who was Geoffrey Chaucer?
The father of English Literature
A poet
An English father
The best English author
8
When and where was Chaucer born?
1323 in Westminster
1343 in London
1333 in Canterbury
1345 in Kent
9
What is the main theme?
the Journey in the form of pilgrimage
the feudal system
the struggle between good and evil
the rapresentation of society
10
What rhyme scheme Chaucer used in tales?
free verse
stressed and unstressed syllabes
couplets in iambic pentameter
tercet in iambic pentameter
11
What is the pilgrimage an allegory of?
The passing of the time
The way back of life
The way of life
The course of human life
12
How many pilgrims are travelling to Canterbury?
24
120
32
30
13
Who influenced Chaucer?
Shakespeare and Milton
Ariosto, Boccaccio and Dante
Virgilio
Dante , Petrarch and Boccaccio
14
How are divided Chaucer's works?
into three periods
Into four periods
in the French and Italian periods
in the English and Italian periods
15
What kind of work is Canterbury Tales?
an Epic Poem
a long narrative poem
a poem
a ballade

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