English Literature Quiz - Geoffrey Chaucer and Samuel Pepy

Chaucer was a man of the ______

In "The Pardoner's Tale," Chaucer was addressing corruption in the ___________?

what literary precedents did chaucer have in the choice of framework for his tales?

Pepys finds Jane's account of the fire believable because she

How old was Samuel when he started his diary?

Samuel Pepys kept his diary from

How many years did it take Chaucer to write Cantebury tales?

Samuel Pepys writes a diary

Chaucer translated this (these) works from Latin to English...

Chaucer ... for the king.

What's the moral of The Clerk's Tale, according to Chaucer?

When was Chaucer Born?

Chaucer was a member of all these except

Edward the III granted Chaucer "a gallon of wine a day" in gratitude for one of his works

What is Chaucer's primary theme in the Prologue?

Which among the following modern poems employs ottava rima?

Geoffrey Chaucer was the first writer to use _________ 

Where was Chaucer born?

---------- is the longest tale in the 'Canterbury Tales'.

This pilgrim claims to be good at his job, yet Chaucer has already forgotten his name

Chaucer wroter in __________ dialect

Where was Chaucer buried?

When did Samuel Pepys write his famous diary?

What did Samuel Pepys do when he realised how bad the fire was?

Chaucer's era had a great influence on his work. Where was he born and around when?

Why was it ironic Chaucer wrote about "courtly love?"

When Chaucer describes the Friar as a 'Noble Pillar of Order' he is using

John Suckling belong to the group of

What did King Edward award Chaucer?

Chaucer wrote the Canterbury tales during which time period

What is Chaucer critiquing in "The Wife of Bath's Tale?"

Chaucer speaks favorably about all pilgrims except

Would Chaucer have known about the plague

Chaucer is known as...

How many stories did Chaucer intend to write in "The Canterbury Tales?" How many are written?

On what date did the fire start?

What type of english did Chaucer write the Canterbury Tales?

For which social classes did Chaucer write?

The gist of the 'Canterbury Tales' has been taken from

When Pepys woke up about at about seven in the morning, he

Samuel Peyps wrote a diary, what did he write about?

Chaucer worked for this person as a page, and this person became Chaucer's most faithful patron

What war did Chaucer fight in

When did the plague of london begin and was samuel pepys alive when it happened?

Pepys described the scene as "the saddest sight of ....... that I ever saw".

While travelling, Chaucer learned a lot about...

In Pepys "Diary" he advises the King 

Mystery and Miracle plays in English were based on

What is Chaucer's title of honor

Who was the architect in charge of redesigning London, including St Paul's Cathedral