Practice questionLife in the UK Test

Who wrote 'The Canterbury Tales', a series of poems about pilgrims travelling to Canterbury?

Correct answer

Geoffrey Chaucer

Why

Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales are about people on a pilgrimage to Canterbury who tell each other stories. His work was one of the first books printed by William Caxton.

Answer choices

AJohn Barbour
BGeoffrey Chaucer
CRobert Burns
DWilliam Shakespeare