UGC NET: Shoot the Shot [Round 1]
CHAUCER TO THE ELIZABETHAN AGE 1. Chaucer was born during the reign of ____. Ans: Edward III 2. Name the host in Canterbury Tales. Ans: Harry Bailey 3. Name the patron of Chaucer. Ans: John of Gaunt 4. Name Chaucer's book on Astronomy. Ans: A Treatise on the Astrolabe 5. Chaucer's Troylus and Criseyde is dedicated to ______. Ans: John Gower 6. Chaucer in his Troylus and Criseyde introduced _______. Ans: Rhyma Royal 7. Who conferred the title 'Father of English Poetry on Chaucer? Ans: John Dryden in his 'Preface to the Fables' 8. In which skill does 'The Wife of Bath' surpass all? Ans: Clothe-making 9. The letter 'A' on the Sunday kerchief of wife of Bath' weigh? Ans: Over Ten Pounds 10. Name of Chaucer's wife. Ans: Philippa
