Chaucer

Where was Geoffrey Chaucer born?

• New York City, New York

• Canterbury, England

• London, England

• Liverpool, England

When was Geoffrey Chaucer born?

• between 1540 and 1544

• between 1340 and 1344

• between 1840 and 1844

• between 1030 and 1034

Chaucer frequently represented the ____

Chaucer began work on the Canterbury Tales in

• 1987

• 1887

• 1687

• 1387

How many tales had been written by the time Chaucer died?

• 100

• 24

• 10

• 2

When did Chaucer die?

• June 22, 1692

• April 13, 1390

• January 1, 1985

• October 25, 1400

The Canterbury Tales set up a cross section of _______ ______ _______, leaving out high nobility.

Chaucer was fluent in

• Spanish and English

• Spanish and French

• French and Latin

• French and Spanish

Chaucer wrote the Canterbury Tales in ______ _______ because of its accessibility to the growing middle class.

Use of ​ (a)   spoken from ​ ​ (b)   to the end of the ​ (c)   allowed his stories to be ​ (d)   and ​ (e)  

• Middle English
• 1100s
• 1400s
• recited aloud
• appreciated by all.
• nobility
• French
• Canterbury Tales
• William the Conqueror
• Normans