Geoffrey Chaucer's Life and Times
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When was Geoffrey Chaucer born?

  • 1400
  • 1340 (correct)
  • 1381
  • 1300

    • What event occurred in 1381 besides the Peasants' Revolt?

  • The invention of printing
  • The Black Death
  • The beginning of the Hundred Years' War
  • The establishment of English as the language of law-courts (correct)

    • What was Geoffrey Chaucer's social class?

  • Son of a wine merchant (correct)
  • Middle class
  • Peasant
  • Aristocrat

    • Who did Chaucer become a page to?

    <p>The Countess of Ulster</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What significant event in literary history occurred around 40 years after Chaucer's death?

    <p>The invention of printing</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who deposed and murdered Richard II?

    <p>Bolingbroke</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was Chaucer's occupation when he was taken prisoner in France?

    <p>Soldier</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why did Chaucer turn to French literature?

    <p>Because the East Midland dialect lacked richness and literary traditions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a distinctive feature of Chaucer's writing in The Canterbury Tales?

    <p>Observation of life as it is really lived</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a characteristic of Chaucer's language that makes it seem modern?

    <p>Use of a language that is recognizably similar to Modern English</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What can be said about the phrases from Chaucer's works that have become part of everyday speech?

    <p>They are still widely used and recognized</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a key aspect of Chaucer's greatness, according to the text?

    <p>His living quality that speaks to us today</p> Signup and view all the answers

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