Introduction
As we prepare to read The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, you will complete this web quest to provide you with necessary background knowledge. The web quest will provide you with helpful information on The Canterbury Tales, Chaucer, and the Middle Ages.
Begin your journey by clicking the Process link on the menu. Happy travels, pilgrims!
Task
A. Open the Google Doc that accompanies this link in your classrooms assignment.
All of your answers will be on this document.
B. Copy and paste the following questions into your document and then move on to Step Two on the menu.
1. Who is the author of The Canterbury Tales? List five facts about this author’s early life (biographical information).
2. What time period is The Canterbury Tales depicting?
3. What conclusions can you make about Chaucer based upon the many job titles he held during his lifetime?
4. What is a pilgrimage?
5. The Canterbury Tales begins with a prologue and then follows a format where each character tells stories as they travel on a pilgrimage— how many stories does each character tell?
6. The Canterbury Tales is a story about a journey. Where does the journey start? Where is it supposed to end?
7. What is the significance of Canterbury? Why would they go there?
8. What is one example of why religion may have been so important in the Middle Ages? Explain.
9. Who is St. Thomas á Becket? Why is he famous?
10. In what language was The Canterbury Tales first written? List one reason why Chaucer may have chosen to write this piece in that language.