Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) Geoffrey Chaucer was buried in Speaker’s corner at Hyde Park
B) Philippa died in 1387. Chaucer enjoyed Gaunt’s patronage throughout his life
(*ответ*) А- false, В- true
А-true, В-false
А- false, В- false
А- true, В- true
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) Geoffrey Chaucer’s last official position was deputy forester in the King’s Forest at Petherton in Somerse
B) Geoffrey Chaucer was born in London, the son of vintner, sometime between 1839 and 1946
(*ответ*) А- false, В- false
А-true, В-false
А- false, В- true
А- true, В- true
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) In 1357 Geoffrey Chaucer served with Lionel, son of the reigning king, Edward III. Chaucer’s high favour with the Crown was shown when the king paid part of his ransom in 1360 after his capture while fighting in France
B) Geoffrey Chaucer held a number of positions at court and in the king’s service
(*ответ*) А- true, В- true
А-true, В-false
А- false, В- false
А- false, В- true
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) In writers like Sercamby, Boccaccio, and Chaucer they gain literary money
B) Geoffrey Chaucer (1343–1400)
(*ответ*) А- false, В- true
А-true, В-false
А- false, В- false
А- true, В- true
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) In writing romances Chaucer was well scooled. The Knight’s tale is a high-minded romance
B) The idealism of romance came to be tailored for a middle-class mentality
(*ответ*) А- true, В- true
А-true, В-false
А- false, В- false
А- false, В- true
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) In writing romances Chaucer was well scooled
B) Stories of heroic knights, set in a sing-song rhyme scheme, were recited by minstrels for audiences of middle-class burghers
(*ответ*) А- true, В- true
А-true, В-false
А- false, В- false
А- false, В- true
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) It should be understood that there were good metrical lengths
B) Chaucer’s burlesque sets him off looking for an elf-prince (it was supposed to be the other way around, the elf-queen finding him)
(*ответ*) А- false, В- false
А-true, В-false
А- false, В- true
А- true, В- true
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) It should be understood that there were good metrical romances
B) Chaucer’s burlesque sets him off looking for an elf-queen (it was supposed to be the other way around, the elf-queen finding him)
(*ответ*) А- true, В- true
А-true, В-false
А- false, В- false
А- false, В- true
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) Philippa never died. She lives in Bosnia
B) Geoffrey Chaucer visited Genoa and Vladivostok during 1372–1373
(*ответ*) А- false, В- false
А-true, В-false
А- false, В- true
А- true, В- true
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) Poet, translator, courtier, diplomat and civil servant, Chaucer radically transformed the art of narrative poetry
B) In 1357 Geoffrey Chaucer served with Lionel, son of the reigning king, Edward III. Chaucer’s high favour with the Crown was shown when the king paid part of his ransom in 1360 after his capture while fighting in France
(*ответ*) А- true, В- true
А-true, В-false
А- false, В- false
А- false, В- true
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) Possibly around 1366, Geoffrey Chaucer married Fhilippa, the sister of John of Gaunt’s third wife
B) Geoffrey Chaucer travelled abroad on numerous occasions on diplomatic missions, often to Russia and Belorussia
(*ответ*) А-true, В-false
А- false, В- false
А- false, В- true
А- true, В- true