The following writer was influential in making English a "legitimate" language:
Canterbury Tales

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English
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12th Grade
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Hard
Sarah Williams
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
Dante
Chaucer
Shakespeare
Petrarch
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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The Prioress spoke very poor...
English
Spanish
French
Russian
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
Which of the following quotations from "The Prologue" is the BEST example of imagery?
"Thinly they fell, like rat-tails, one by one."
"In fifteen mortal battles he had been."
"Just home from service, he had joined our ranks."
"He'd seen some service with the calvary."
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
Eats onions, garlic, and leeks; ugly; scares people; condones/forgives sins for a handsome bribe
Monk
Merchant
Summoner
Skipper
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
Model member of the clergy; a good shepherd to his flock; believes in leading by setting a good example
Friar
Monk
Parson
Prioress
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
Who is described as a "proper forester"; with a longbow and a "head like a nut"?
Yeoman
Merchant
Knight
Guildsmen
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
A.K.A. Harry Bailey; proposes telling the stories to and from Canterbury
Host
Geoffrey Chaucer
Miller
Cook
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