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1. Who says, "Ready to wend on my pilgrimage/To • Key Points: There is a trend among some scholars to
Canterbury with full devout heart"? see Chaucer as a precursor to Renaissance.
a) The Monk • He is unarguably a transitional figure though he is one
b) Geoffrey who lives during a time of great social change in
c) The Knight economics, vernacular language acceptance, and
d) The parson spiritual attitudes.
• Key Points: In the spring, pilgrims long to go to shrines • Although he was not the part of the Renaissance itself,
in faraway places and especially from all over England which we might date in England by –
they go to Canterbury. • (a) Caxton's introduction of the printing press in
• Their purpose is to thank St. Thomas, whom they England in 1476.
credit with having helped them when they were sick. • (b) The rise of the first Tudor monarch in 1487.
At the Tabard the reader meets the narrator, a pilgrim • (c) The Protestant Reformation of 1517 A.D.
named Geoffrey who is similar but not identical to the • (d) The linguistic changes in the 'Great Vowel Shift' that
poet Chaucer. bring about Early Modern English by 1450 A.D.
• Geoffrey, having arrived at the Tabard "ready to wend • Geoffrey Chaucer, born approximately in 1343 in
on my pilgrimage/To Canterbury with full devout London. He was a court poet and wrote it for the
heart", eagerly meets his fellow pilgrims. They are 29 refined and cultured readers.
of them in all. • He did not write for people who wish to get disturbed
by painful reminders of Famines, Plagues or
2. The pilgrims in the Canterbury Tales were going to thank
discontent. Thus, he does not reflect the dark side of
St. Thomas for–
the age he lived in. It was Chaucer who kept Latin and
a) Helping them when they were sick
French aside and preferred writing in English.
b) Providing them wealth and happiness
c) A routine pilgrimage 5. In the Prologue to Canterbury Tales, which character is
d) Praying to absolve an impending danger fond of hunting and riding?
• Key Points: Among the miracles credited to St. Thomas a. Squire
were many examples of healing the sick. Sometimes he b. The Friar
seemed to heal people from a distance, if they prayed c. Yeoman
to him, and in such cases it was usual to make the d. The Monk
pilgrimage later to the actual shrine, to give an offering • Key Points: Chaucer presents a corrupt Monk who
and thanks to the saint there. loves the good life and finds more pleasure in hunting
• Chaucer's opening lines in the "The Canterbury Tales" than studying in the cloister.
mention that as a motive for his pilgrims' journey. • The Monk's weakness for good food and expensive
clothing and his love for hunting violate the monastic
3. In which of the following Canterbury Tales does the
vows of poverty and simplicity.
reference to young Theban Warriors come?
• He is riding a sleek berry brown horse on his way to
a) The Knight's Tale
Canterbury. The bells attached to his horse's bridle
b) The Squire's Tale
tinkle pleasantly with the wind.
c) The Miller's Tale
d) The Friar's Tale 6. The Normans conquered England in the Battle of Hastings
• Key Points: "The Knight's Tale" is the first tale from in
Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales. The Knight, a. 1060
tells a long, involved tale of love from ancient Greece b. 1068
about two knights, Arcite and Palamon. c. 1066
• They were captured in a war between Thebes and d. 1070
Athens and thrown into an Athenian prison to spend • Key Points: The Norman Conquest of England was a
the rest of their lives there. military invasion of England by William, the conqueror
in 1066. William was Duke of Normandy, a country on
4. The phrase 'Morning Star of Renaissance" refers to–
the other side of the English Channel, now a region in
a) Langland
France.
b) Geoffrey Chaucer
• He invaded England after the death of King Edward the
c) Whclif
Confessor because he believed he had the most right
d) Diderot
to the King of England.
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• But King Harold II had himself crowned king instead. first published in 1485 by William Caxton and is today
King Harold, with his Saxon Army, and Duke William one of the best known works of Arthurian literature in
fought at the Battle of Hastings on October 14, 1066. English.
King Harold was killed in the battle and his army left. 10. The man who brought printing to England is–
On Dec. 25, 1066 William was crowned as the new a. William Caxton
King of England. b. John Gower
7. "Epithalamion" is a poem written to celebrate a- c. Robert Fabyan
a. Child birth d. C. Morton
b. Marriage • Key Points: William Caxton (1422-1491) was an
c. War success English merchant, diplomat and writer. He is thought
d. Union of friends to be the first person to introduce a printing press at
• Key Points: Edmund Spenser's Epithalamion is an ode westminster, England in 1476.
written to his bride, Elizabeth Boyle, on her wedding • Caxton translated 24 books.
day in 1594. It is a poetic celebration of marriage. • He set up a press in Brugge about 1474, and the
• Edmund Spenser's famous works are 'The Faerie 'Recuyell' the first book printed in English.
Queene. The Shepheardes Calendar, Epithalamion 11. As per Trevelyan 'In ----England, we see for the first
and Amoretti. time the modern mingling with the medieval
• He was a writer in the Elizabethan Era and a devotee to a. Spenser's
the Protestant Church. b. Chaucer's
• He lived from 1552 to 1599. c. Milton's
8. In Canterbury Tales ------- appears to be always busy and d. Shakespeares
makes a show of his knowledge– • The Age of Chaucer is the fast significant period in the
a. Miller literary history of England. It marks the beginning of
b. Clerk new era, and new language and literature.
c. Man of law • It initiates a noticeable departure from medievalism
d. Priest and the birth of an era of rational inquiry and critical
• Key Points: 'The Canterbury Tales' by Geoffrey Chaucer understanding.
is a collection of 24 stories published in c.1400. The • Chaucer was born in a turbulent period of social,
Man of Law is a very busy man, but he takes care to religious and political change. The change from the
appear even busier than he actually is. medieval to the modern is slow.
9. The author of Le Morte D'Arthur is– • George Macaulay Trevelyan remarks: "In Chaucer's
a. John Lyly England we see for the first time the modern mingling
b. Thomas Malory with the medieval, and England herself beginning to
c. Edward Gibbon emerge as a distinct nation, no longer a mere oversea
d. William Godwin extension of Franco-Latin Europe.
• Key Points: "Le Morte D' Arthur" (originally spelled • What distinguishes this period is "an impatient,
Le Morte D arthur, Middle French for "The Death of progressive spirit, alien to the medieval mind."The
Arthur") is a reworking by Sir Thomas Malory of Age of Chaucer witnessed a gradual decline in the
existing tales about the legendary King Arthur. It was power and influence of three medieval institutions -
feudalism,chivalry and knight errantry.

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