Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer, known as the Father of ----- and the greatest ----- of the Middle Ages

• English Literature

• French Literature

• English Poet

• Story-Writer

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Chaucer was the first poet to be buried in...

• Poets' Corner of Westminster Abbey

• Forest Lawn Memorial Park

• Highgate Cemetery

• Dorset churchyard

Geoffrey Chaucer achieved fame during his lifetime as

• An Author

• Astronomer

• Philosopher

• Actor

• A poor slave to become a great writer.

Chaucer composed a ----- for his ten-year-old son Lewis

• Fairy-Tale Story book the Lioness

• A scientific treatise on the Astrolabe

• A model of a microscope

• A moral story-The Lion and the Mouse

• A scientific treatise on the Telescope

Geoffrey Chaucer used what language when writing his books?

• used Latin when most works were in French

• used English when most works were in French

• used English when most works were in Latin

• Used French when most works were in Latin

Chaucer also maintained an active career as

• The Civil Service as a Bureaucrat

• Courtier

• Diplomat

Which is Chaucer's best work?

• The Canterbury Tales

• The Book of the Duchess

• The House of Fame

• Troilus and Criseyde

Chaucer's work was crucial in legitimizing the literary use of the Middle English vernacular. = (variety of a language used in England)

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Geoffrey Chaucer was born in...

• London, 1343

• Lewisham, 1323

• Woolwich, 1323

• Kensington, 1343

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When were The Canterbury Tales written?

• Between 1387 and 1400

• 1393

• Between 1393 and 1423

• 1423