When did Geoffrey Chaucer start working on The Canterbury Tales ?

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1. The Canterbury Tales is an unfinished work, wherein each pilgrim was supposed to tell more than one tale. How many tales did Chaucer originally envision each pilgrim telling ?

   A. four
   B. six
   C. two
   D. one

2. Chaucer’s “The Canterbury Tales” ?

   A. The court of Richard II
   B. The church
   C. The military
   D. The literary tradition

3. 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.

4. Where were the pilgrims going in the Canterbury tales ?

   A. To the shrine of st. Peter at Canterbury cathedral
   B. To the shrine of saint thomas becket at canterbury cathedral
   C. both A and B
   D. None of these

5. Who wrote Canterbury Tales ?

   A. Geoffrey Chaucer
   B. Dick Whittington
   C. Thomas Lancaster
   D. King Richard II

6. Which of the following characters from “The Canterbury Tales” might represent the rising middle class of the 14th century ?

   A. The merchant
   B. The knight
   C. The prioress
   D. The plowman

7. Which of the following statements about The Canterbury Tales is true ?

   A. The Wife of Bath, The Clerk, Sir Gawain and The Franklin are characters and tale-tellers in this work.
   B. “The General Prologue’ is appended to The Canterbury Tales.
   C. In all, Chaucer tells thirty tales in this work.
   D. The Canterbury Tales remained unfinished at the time of its author’s death.

8. The Canterbury Tales is written by ___________?

   A. John Gower
   B. Julian of Norwich
   C. Geoffrey Chaucer
   D. William Langland

   Submitted by: Ali Hassan

9. Which one of the following works of Geoffrey Chaucer is an elegy written for Blanche of Lancaster ?

   A. The House of Fame
   B. The Book of the Duchess
   C. Troilus and Criseyde
   D. The Legend of Good Women

10. In which year Geoffrey Chaucer born ?

    A. 1343
    B. 1336
    C. 1432
    D. 1347