During the period of which king did Chaucer fight in the English Army for the Hundred Years’ War between France and England ?

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1. In which year did Chaucer fought in Hundred Years’ War between France and England ?

   A. 1374
   B. 1359
   C. 1367
   D. 1382

2. “When I was 16 years of age, we heard a Strange Rumor among the English, that there were Extraordinary Ministers preaching from Place to Place and Strange Concern among the White People. This was in the Spring of the Year. … After I was awakened & converted, I went to all the meetings, I could come at; & Continued under Trouble of Mind about 6 months; at which time I began to Learn the English letters; got me a Primer, and used to go to my English Neighbours frequently for Assistant in reading…”?

   A. Samson Occcum
   B. John Winthrop
   C. Benjamin Franklin
   D. Mayflower Compact

3. Who was the king when Geoffrey Chaucer was born ?

   A. David II
   B. Edward III
   C. Richard II
   D. Edward II

4. The distinction between comedy and tragedy which characterized classical drama was first forgotten during what period in England ?

   A. Medieval
   B. Romantic
   C. Victorian
   D. Elizabethan

5. Which king began a war to enforce his claims to the throne of France in 1336 ?

   A. Henry II
   B. Henry V
   C. Louis XIV
   D. Edward III

6. Which king began a war to enforce his claims to the throne of France in 1336 ?

   A. Henry II
   B. Henry III
   C. Henry V
   D. Edward III

7. Geoffrey Chaucer served which king ?

   A. Richard III
   B. James 1
   C. Edward III
   D. Henry II

8. In what year did England and Spain fight a famous sea battle ?

   A. 1500
   B. 1588
   C. 1600
   D. 1575

9. What does Chaucer write concerning the devastating effect of the Black Death upon English social, cultural, and economic life in “The Canterbury Tales” ?

   A. Priests died in great numbers.
   B. Rent prices increased because of the market boom.
   C. The upper classes were burdened by their monopoly of scarce resources.
   D. Chaucer wrote no direct descriptions.

10. In addition to Geoffrey Chaucer and William Langland, the \flowering\of Middle English literature is evident in the works of which of the following writers ?

    A. Geoffrey of Monmouth
    B. the Gawain poet
    C. the Beowulf poet
    D. Chr´tien de Troyes