5. The Canterbury Tales is an unfinished work, wherein each pilgrim was supposed to tell more than one tale. How many tales did Chaucer originally envision each pilgrim telling?
- Two
- Three
- Four
- Seven
The answer is c. Four.
Originally, each pilgrim was to tell two tales on the journey to Canterbury and two tales on the way back.
The Canterbury Tales is by far the best-known of Chaucer's works, and although it was never finished, enough of it remains for it to be considered a unified book.
