The Canterbury Tales is sometimes referred to as an “estates satire” because the
a) characters come from all social classes or “estates.”
b) stories concern gentry living on landed estates.
c) characters have come together on a well-known estate near Canterbury to tell tales.
d) work was commissioned by the lord of a Canterbury estate for his personal library.
Answer: a
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