Who wrote The Canterbury Tales, with comic portraits of a nun, a monk and a friar?
AChaucer
BLangland
CBoccaccio
DPetrarch
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Chaucer
1. Langland wrote Piers Plowman.
2. Chaucer wrote The Canterbury Tales.
3. Both questioned monastic luxury.
_Source: syllabus Themes in World History, Theme 6, The Three Orders._
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