Multiple choice general knowledge foreign languages

Middle English was used by which poet?

  1. Hardy

  2. Chaucer

  3. Shakespeare

  4. Milton
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343-1400) wrote in Middle English, most famously in The Canterbury Tales. His work helped establish Middle English as a legitimate literary language. Shakespeare wrote in Early Modern English (16th-17th century), while Milton wrote in Modern English. Hardy wrote in Modern English much later.

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