Based on the excerpt below from "The Prologue" of Chaucer's The Caterbury Tales, what was the purpose of the pilgrims’ trip?
It happened in that season that one day / In Southwark, at The Tabard, as I lay / Ready to go on pilgrimage and start / For Canterbury, most devout at heart, / At night there came into that hostelry / Some nine and twenty in a company / Of sundry folk happening then to fall / In fellowship, and they were pilgrims all / That towards Canterbury meant to ride. (1 point)
to stay at the Tabard
to go on a pilgrimage
to meet twenty-nine people
to enjoy the spring season

Question

Based on the excerpt below from "The Prologue" of Chaucer's The Caterbury Tales, what was the purpose of the pilgrims’ trip?
It happened in that season that one day / In Southwark, at The Tabard, as I lay / Ready to go on pilgrimage and start / For Canterbury, most devout at heart, / At night there came into that hostelry / Some nine and twenty in a company / Of sundry folk happening then to fall / In fellowship, and they were pilgrims all / That towards Canterbury meant to ride.  (1 point)
to stay at the Tabard
to go on a pilgrimage
to meet twenty-nine people
to enjoy the spring season

anonymous · Answer

I would choose B.