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1. The Canterbury Tales was written in ________.
A. Old English
B. Middle English
C. Modern English
D. Current Modern English
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2. Pilgrims travel to the shrine of St. Thomas Becket at Canterbury in ________.
A. March
B. April
C. May
D. June
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3. ________ pilgrims plus Chaucer are assembled at the Tabard Inn in the southern part of London.
A. 25
B. 27
C. 29
D. 31
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4. Chaucer was a master of the heroic couplet which consists of two rhyming lines in iambic pentameter. Iambic pentameter means
A. the line has 6 feet, and an unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed syllable.
B. the line has 6 feet, and a stressed syllable is followed by an unstressed syllable.
C. the line has 5 feet, and an unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed syllable.
D. the line has 5 feet, and a stressed syllable is followed by an unstressed syllable.
思考题:
1. How is the setting of the tales described? With such a setting, could you predict the general tone of the tales that are to follow?
2. In your own words, summarize the character of the Knight from the brief introduction in this excerpt.
3. Without comparison with the translated version, are there words still recognizable to you in the original Middle English version?