Grammar
She didn't use to like vegetables, but she ... now.
does
Who founded London?
The Romans
What kind of work is "Beowulf"?
It is a long epic poem written in Old English
What have you been doing ... the last hour?
for
Who was the first archbishop of Canterbury?
St Augustine, who had brought back Christianity to England
Did Chaucer meet Boccaccio in Italy?
No, he didn't but he knew his works and partly imitated them
The man ... mobile was ringing didn't answer
whose
Who won at the battle of Hastings (1066)?
William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy
What is "The Canterbury Tales"?
It is a collection of short stories, written in verse by Geoffrey Chaucer and told by a group of pilgrims going to Canterbury
What is the right question tag to this statement:
I'm late,...
aren't I?
Who had been proclaimed "defensor fidei"?
Henry VIII, because of his first defense of the Catholic cause against Martin Luther. But he changed his mind soon after
How is the atmosphere described at the beginning of the General Prologue?
It is an atmosphere of peace and harmony, a mood of spiritual rebirth, the right one to go on pilgrimage
Have you had/ have you been having your smartphone for long? Which one is correct?
Have you had
What is the Elizabethan "middle way"?
It is Elizabeth I's religious policy, by which she didn't persecute her subjects because of their religious ideas, thus introducing a compromise between Catholicism and Puritanism
What is the main characteristic of Chaucer's poetry that we can find in the description of the Wife of Bath
Irony