The Canterbury Tales

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  1. 3. There are multiple what in the Canterbury Tales?
  2. 7. Originally Chaucer planned to write 120 tales with each pilgrim telling 2 stories on the way and 2 on the return. How many people went on the pilgrimage?
  3. 10. What were the pilgrims going to visit in Canterbury?
  4. 12. Until Chaucer wrote his tales, works were written in what languages (put in alpha order with and in between them)?
  5. 15. Each tale is preceded by what?
  6. 16. Chaucer's poetic form became the basis of what couplet, used extensively by later poets?
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  1. 1. Works written in Middle English were romances based on King Arthur legends, moral tales, and narrative poems known as what?
  2. 2. What is a story that is within a bigger story known as ( 2 words)?
  3. 4. What will the winner of the story telling contest get from the tavern host?
  4. 5. Chaucer's true individuals illustrated humanity's blank and blank? (put in alpha order with and in between them)?
  5. 6. As a mark of respect, Chaucer was buried in which abbey?
  6. 8. The language of everyday life by common people is known as what?
  7. 9. How many stories did Chaucer actually write?
  8. 11. Chaucer's portrayals of the clergy and church officials reveal what?
  9. 13. What aspect did Chaucer reveal to poets and writers that has a place in literature because it gave an insight about society and the human condition?
  10. 14. What was becoming more widespread during the 14th Century England?