British Literature, 6.0
Name ________________________________________________
Chaucer Reading Homework
1. True or False: Chaucer wrote The Canterbury Tales originally in French
because that was the language spoken by educated citizens in Britain at the
time.
2. What was the result of Chaucer’s participation in the Hundred Years’ War?
3. Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio were all…
4. What role did the royal family play in Chaucer’s life?
5. Where is Chaucer buried?
6. In Chaucer’s day, which of the following were common occurrences?
A. Public hangings and heads on stakes
B. Public stoning
C. Public weddings
7. The ________________________________________ wiped out more than 1/3 of the
population of all of Europe during Medieval times.
8. The end of the Middle Ages, or Medieval Period, was marked by…