Question

The Canterbury Tales is written in ......................

• A. the French period
• B. the Italian period
• C. the English period
• D. the Victorian period

Answer 1

Answer:

C. the English period

• The Canterbury Tales is the masterpiece of Chaucer written in the English period.

• Also, he wrote a number of lyrics and a prose work, Treatise on Astrolabe.

• These three phases show the Chaucer's genius progressed consistently throughout his literary career.

• Chaucer's literary career may be divided into three phases: the French period. the Italian period and the English period.