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WorksheetsGeoffrey Chaucer
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 10mins
Geoffrey Chaucer, known as the Father of ----- and the greatest ----- of the Middle Ages
English Literature
French Literature
English Poet
Story-Writer
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)
Geoffrey Chaucer was born in...
London, 1343
Lewisham, 1323
Woolwich, 1323
Kensington, 1343
When were The Canterbury Tales written?
Between 1387 and 1400
1393
Between 1393 and 1423
1423
Which book was unfinished at Chaucer's death?
How many stories are in The Canterbury Tales.
23 Stories
14 Stories
7 Stories
6 Stories
34 Stories
Chaucer died on...
25 October, 1400
24 October, 1400
14 October, 1400
6 October, 1400
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