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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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