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Who says, "ready to wend on my pilgrimage/To
Canterbury with full devout heart"?
(a) The Monk
(b) Geffrey
(c) The Knight
(d) The parson
In the spring, pilgrims long to go to shrines in far away places

and especially from all over England they go to Canterbury.
Their purpose is to thank St. Thomas, whom they credit with
having helped them when they were sick. At the Tabard the
reader meets the narrator, a pilgrim named Geoffrey who is
similar but not identical to the poet Chaucer. Geoffrey,
having arrived at the Tabard "ready to wend on my
pilgrimage/To Canterbury with full devout heart", eagerly
meets his fellow pilgrims. They are 29 of them in all.
The pilgrims in the Canterbury Tales were going to
thank St. Thomas for–
(a) helping them when they were sick

(b) providing them wealth and happiness
(c) a routine pilgrimage
(d) praying to absolve an impending danger
Among the miracles credited to St. Thomas were many

examples of healing the sick. Sometimes he seemed to heal
people from a distance, if they prayed to him, and in such
cases it was usual to make the pilgrimage later to the actual
shrine, to give an offering and thanks to the saint there.
Chaucer's opening lines in the "The Canterbury Tales"
mention that as a motive for his pilgrims' journey
In which of the following Canterbury Tales
does the reference to young Theban Wariors
come?
(a) The Knight's Tale
(b) The Squire's Tale
(c) The Miller's Tale
(d) The Friar's Tale
"The Knight's Tale" is the first tale from Geoffrey

Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales. The Knight, tells a
long, involved tale of love from ancient Greece
about two knights, Arcite and Palamon. They were
captured in a war between Thebes and Athens and
thrown into an Athenian prison to spend the rest
of their lives there.
The phrase 'Morning Star of Renaissance"
refers to–
(a) Langland
(c) Whclif
(b) Geoffrey Chaucer
(d) Diderot
There is a trend among some scholars to see
Chaucer as a precursor to Renaissance. He is
unarguably a transitional figure though he is one
who lives during a time of great social change in
economics, vernacular language acceptance, and
spiritual attitudes. Although he was not the part of
the Renaissance itself, which we might date in
England by - (a) Caxton's introduction of the
printing press in England in 1476.
(b) The rise of the first Tudor monarch in
1487.
(c) The Protestant Reformation of 1517 A.D.
(d) The linguistic changes in the 'Great Vowel Shift'
that bring about Early Modern English by 1450
A.D. Geoffrey Chaucer, born approximately in 1343
in London. He was a court poet and wrote it for
the refined and cultured readers. He did not write
for people who wish to get disturbed by painful
reminders of Famines, Plagues or discontent. Thus,
he does not reflect the dark side of the age he
lived in. It was Chaucer who kept Latin and French
aside and preferred writing in English.
In the Prologue to Canterbury Tales, which
character is fond of hunting and riding?
(a) Squire
(b) The Friar
(c) Yeoman
(d) The Monk
Chaucer presents a corrupt Monk who loves the
good life and finds more pleasure in hunting than
studying in the cloister. The Monk's weakness for
good food and expensive clothing and his love for
hunting violate the monastic vows of poverty and
simplicity. He is riding a sleek berry brown horse
on his way to Canterbury. The bells attached to his
horse's bridle tinkle pleasantly with the wind.
The Normans conquered England in the Battle of
Hastings in
(a) 1060 (b) 1068
(c) 1066 (d) 1070
The Norman Conquest of England was a military
invasion of England by William, the conqueror in 1066.
William was Duke of Normandy, a country on the
other side of the English Channel, now a region in
France. He invaded England after the death of King
Edward the Confessor because he believed he had the
most right to the King of England. But King Harold had
himself crowned king instead. King Harold, with his
Saxon Army, and Duke William fought at the Battle of
Hastings on October 14, 1066. King Harold was killed in
the battle and his army left. On Dec. 25, 1066 William
was crowned as the new King of England.
"Epithalamion" is a poem written to
celebrate a-
(a) Child birth
(b) Marriage
(c) War success
(d) Union of friends
Edmund Spenser's Epithalamion is an ode written

to his bride, Elizabeth Boyle, on her wedding day in
1594. It is a poetic celebration of marriage.
Edmund Spenser's works are 'The Faerie Queene.
The Shepheardes Calendar, Epithalamion and
Amoretti. He was a writer in the Elizabethan Era
and a devotee to the Protestant Church.
He lived from 1552 to 1599
In Canterbury Tales ------- appears to be
always busy and makes a show of his
knowledge–
(a) Miller
(b) Clerk
(c) Man of law
(d) Priest
'The Canterbury Tales' by Geoffrey Chaucer is a

collection of 24 stories published in c.1400. The
Man of Law is a very busy man, but he takes care
to appear even busier than he actually is.
The author of Le Morte D'Arthur is–
(a) John Lyly (b) Thomas Malory

(c) Edward Gibbon (d) William Godwin
"Le Morte D' Arthur" (originally spelled Le Morte D

arthur, Middle French for "The Death of Arthur") is
a reworking by Sir Thomas Malory of existing tales
about the legendary King Arthur. It was first
published in 1485 by William Caxton and is
today one of the best known works of Arthurian
literature in English
The man who brought printing to England is–
(a) William Caxton

(c) Robert Fabyan (b) John Gower
(d) C. Morton
William Caxton (1422-1491) was an English

merchant, diplomat and writer.
He is thought to be the first person to introduce a
printing press at Westminster, England in 1476.
Caxton translated 24 books.

He set up a press in Brugge about 1474, and the
'Recuyell‘ the first book printed in English
As per Trevelyan 'In ----England, we see for
the first time the modern mingling with the
medieval
(a) Spenser's
(b) Chaucer's
(c) Milton's
(d) Sh akespeares
The Age of Chaucer is the fast significant period in the
literary history of England. It marks the beginning of
new era, and new language and literature. It initiates a
noticeable departure from medievalism and the birth
of an era of rational inquiry and critical understanding.
Chaucer was born in a turbulent period of social,
religious and political change. The change from the
medieval to the modern is slow.
George Macaulay Trevelyan remarks: "In

Chaucer's England we see for the first time the
modern mingling with the medieval, and England
herself beginning to emerge as a distinct nation,
no longer a mere oversea extension of Franco-
Latin Europe. What distinguishes this period is "an
impatient, progressive spirit, alien to the medieval
mind.“
The Age of Chaucer witnessed a gradual decline in
the power and influence of three medieval
institutions - feudalism, chivalry and knight
errantry.
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o NL INE ENGL ISH LECTURER A CA DEM Y

In the spring, pilgrims long to go to shrines in far away places

(a) helping them when they were sick

Among the miracles credited to St. Thomas were many

"The Knight's Tale" is the first tale from Geoffrey

Edmund Spenser's Epithalamion is an ode written

'The Canterbury Tales' by Geoffrey Chaucer is a

The author of Le Morte D'Arthur is–

(a) John Lyly (b) Thomas Malory

"Le Morte D' Arthur" (originally spelled Le Morte D

The man who brought printing to England is–

(a) William Caxton

William Caxton (1422-1491) was an English

Caxton translated 24 books.

George Macaulay Trevelyan remarks: "In

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