Question

quiz instructions
purpose: to help students engage and connect the major ideas and themes in the readings for the week.
instructions: this quiz will consist of 5 multiple - choice questions worth 1 point each for a total of 5 points. answer each question by selecting the best answer from the choices given.
question 5
1 pts
who organizes the storytelling contest and why?
harry bailey organizes the contest in order to pass the time while they travel.
the bishop organizes the storytelling contest in order to judge the religious values of his fellow pilgrims.
chaucer organizes the storytelling in order to display the faults and foibles of the different british social classes.
the knight organizes the storytelling contest because he is the highest - ranking traveler.

Explanation:

This question refers to Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales. The innkeeper Harry Bailey proposes the storytelling contest as a way to entertain and pass the time during the pilgrims' journey to Canterbury. The other options are incorrect: Chaucer is the author/narrator, not the contest organizer; the Bishop and Knight do not initiate the contest.

Answer:

Harry Bailey organizes the contest in order to pass the time while they travel.