Question

the canterbury tales was a significant literary work due to which of the following
A. They provided insight into people's lives after they died.
B. They provided insight into people's lives during the middle ages.
C. They were the first massed produced-work to be printed with a printing press
D. They were the first work of non-fiction to be produced since the works of homer

Answer 1

(B) sounds like the best answer out of this list. The characters in the Canterbury Tales reflected the social strata of Chaucer's time, telling us about the attitudes that people had and giving us an idea of the kind of thinking and criticism that was around back then.

The Tales weren't based on people's lives after they died, nor were they the first massed produced work printed on a printing press (that honor arguably belongs to the Bible, though it's not necessarily the first printed book in history). They also certainly weren't the first work of non-fiction to be produced since Homer. These were fictional stories based on the impressions Chaucer and others had of their world.