Question

Who among the following was NOT a contemporary of Chaucer?

• A. D. William Shakespeare
• B. Geoffrey Chaucer
• C. John Gower
• D. William Langland

Answer 1

Answer:

A. D. William Shakespeare

• Shakespeare lived later, in the late 16th and early 17th centuries, well after Chaucer’s time.

• Gower, Langland, and Barbour were all contemporaries involved in Middle English literature.