Question

Read the excerpt from Epoch Men, and the Results of Their Lives. He is a great, healthy, vigorous soul, whose Norman (possibly from the area of Northern France or of Scandinavian descent) nature had been thoroughly impressed in the Saxon mint, and who issued the "coinage of his brain" in the despised vernacular of actual life; broke the Latin moulds and the French dies in which language was then cast or pressed; and touched with everlasting nationality the form and substance of our English speech. How does the author describe Chaucer? A) The author wrote that Chaucer constructed Latin terminology. b) The author wrote that Chaucer was instrumental in forming the English language. C)The author wrote that Chaucer strongly encouraged the use of the French language. D) The author implies Chaucer did not receive enough money to be influential.

Answer 1

b) The author wrote that Chaucer was instrumental in forming the English language.

Step-by-step explanation:

Samuel Neil's "Epoch Men, and the Results of Their Lives" is a historical rewriting of a classic about historical men and women who helped shape the culture as well as the knowledge base of our present civilization. The book has been deemed as an important artifact for the preservation of old knowledge.

In the given excerpt from the book, the author Neil presents the famed Geoffrey Chaucer as someone who is instrumental in the development and emergence of the English language. To him, Chaucer "issued the "coinage of his brain" in the despised vernacular of actual life; broke the Latin moulds and the French dies in which language was then cast or pressed; and touched with everlasting nationality the form and substance of our English speech." This, according to the author, made Chaucer so instrumental in how the English language came to be formed.

Thus, the correct answer is option b.