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1. In which century was Chaucer born?

   • 12th
   • 13th
   • 14th
   • 15th

2. What is the title of Chaucer's best-known work?

   • The Canterbury Tales
   • The Salisbury Tales
   • The Winchester Tales
   • The York Tales

3. What is the title of the earliest of Chaucer's poems, written some time between 1369 and 1372?

   • The Book of the Abbess
   • The Book of the Countess
   • The Book of the Duchess
   • The Book of the Governess

4. In The Canterbury Tales, what is the name of the inn where the pilgrims meet before their journey?

   • The Tabard
   • The Talbot
   • The Tivoli
   • The Tolbooth

5. Chaucer's father and grandfather were both what?

   • Bakers
   • Brewers
   • Butchers
   • Vintners

6. What name is now given to the language in which Chaucer worked?

   • Early English
   • Middle English
   • New English
   • Old English

7. Which character in The Canterbury Tales is a little deaf following a blow to the head from one of her husbands?

   • The Wife of Bath
   • The Wife of Bristol
   • The Wife of Dorchester
   • The Wife of Exeter

8. Which is the first of The Canterbury Tales?

   • The Cook's Tale
   • The Friar's Tale
   • The Knight's Tale
   • The Merchant's Tale

9. Which of the tale tellers has a conspicuous hairy wart?

   • The Coachman
   • The Miller
   • The Tailor
   • The Weaver

10. Chaucer served in the English army under which king?

    • Henry III
    • Edward II
    • Edward III
    • Richard II