Answer: B) Both discuss the fates of famous men and women.
In "The Monk's Tale," Chaucer discusses the fate of seventeen historical figures, including Lucifer, Adam, Hercules, Nero, Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar. Although the monk wants to give an account of a hundred of these figures, the knight stops him after only seventeen.
Dante similarly discusses the fates of famous men and women. As he goes through the different levels of the afterlife, he encounters several people trapped there. Their placement reflects both Dante's personal views and the dominant opinions of his time.
