FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
GEOFFREY CHAUCER
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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The Civil Service as a Bureaucrat
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Courtier
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Diplomat
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Diplomat and civil servant. During the decade of the 1370s, Chaucer was at various times on diplomatic missions in Flanders, France, and Italy.
Detailed explanation-2: -Chaucer was not a professional writer, but a courtier and civil servant who successfully served three kings in a long and varied career. Born in about 1342 into a middle-class merchant family, by the age of seventeen he was placed as a page in the household of Prince Lionel, one of the sons of Edward III.
Detailed explanation-3: -Geoffrey Chaucer (/ˈtʃɔːsər/; c. 1340s – 25 October 1400) was an English poet, author, and civil servant best known for The Canterbury Tales.
Detailed explanation-4: -What types of positions/jobs did Chaucer hold during his lifetime? A page in a royal house, a soldier, a diplomat, and royal clerk.
Detailed explanation-5: -In 1377 and 1388, Chaucer engaged in yet more diplomatic missions, with the objectives of finding a French wife for Richard II and securing military aid in Italy. Busy with his duties, Chaucer had little time to devote to writing poetry, his true passion.