Atheme is normally shorter than a motif.
a. true
b. false

The statement "A theme is normally shorter than a motif." is false. Actually it is the other way around, Motif is always shorter than the theme. Since Theme is the main idea of the work while the motif is just a smaller idea that comes up again and again in the work which is based on the theme.

Answer: geoffrey chaucerexplanation: chaucer tells a series of stories from the first person point-of-view that come together to create one big story—the frame story.