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1. Who is Thomas A. Becket? When did he live? Why was he killed?

2. Where is Canterbury?

3. What is a shrine?

4. Why is the Canterbury Cathedral a shrine?

5. Who is Geoffrey Chaucer? When did he live? What did he write?

6. Where is Southwark?

7. Why is The Canterbury Tales and important piece of literature?

8. Write a definition for each of the following terms:

• martyr
• pilgrim
• pilgrimage
• prologue
• microcosm
• knight
• chivalry
• squire
• prioress
• monk
• friar
• merchant
• franklin
• haberdasher
• carpenter
• arras-maker
• guildsmen
• parson
• plow
• plowman
• miller
• reeve
• Oxford

9. What is the Tabard Inn in The Canterbury Tales?

In April, with the beginning of spring, people of varying social classes come from all over England to gather at the Tabard Inn in preparation for a pilgrimage to Canterbury to receive the blessings of St. Thomas à Becket, the English martyr. Chaucer himself is one of the pilgrims

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