Chaucer and The Canterbury Tales

In 1066, the ______________ conquered England

• Normahs

• Normans

• Noormans

• Normahns

After conquering England, the Normans implemented what two languages as the official languages of their government?

• French/English

• Latin/German

• French/Latin

• French/Spanish

After the Norman conquest, only the _______________ commonly used English.

• Upper Class

• Lower Class

• Aristocracy

• Wealthy

During the late _______ and early __________ centuries, the English language began to make a comeback.

• 12th and 13th

• 13th and 14th

• 14th and 15th

• 15th and 16th

What is the third largest planet in our Solar System?

• Jupiter

• Uranus

• Saturn

• Mercury

After hundreds of years of Norman rule, English began to make a comeback until it was soon the language of:

• The Courts

• Literature

• The Nobility

• General Conversation

The lengthy war that began the final decline of the French Language in England was the:

• War of the Roses

• Spanish Civil War

• Hundred Years' War

• The French Revolution

What we now call Middle English, appeared once and for all in the late _________________ century.

• 12th

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

The Father of English Poetry is:

• William Shakespeare

• Geoffrey Chaucer

• William Wordsworth

• Jeffrey Chowsir

The next FEDERALLY recognized holiday is:

• Valentine's Day

• Washington's Birthday

• Martin Luther King Jr Day

• St. Patrick's Day