Test 24 — Life in the UK Test Practice
About Test 24 (Official 3rd Edition Handbook)
Test 24 is a free 24-question practice test for British citizenship naturalisation and Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR / settlement) applicants in the United Kingdom. Every question is written directly from the official Home Office handbook, Life in the UK: A Guide for New Residents (3rd Edition), covering British values, UK history, society, and government. To pass the official Life in the UK Test (booking fee £50 at gov.uk), candidates must answer at least 18 out of 24 multiple-choice questions correctly (75% pass mark) within 45 minutes.
Life in the UK Test 24
Who wrote a famous series of poems about a group of people going to Canterbury on a pilgrimage known as ‘The Canterbury Tales’?
Correct Answer: Geoffrey Chaucer
The Canterbury Tales was written by Geoffrey Chaucer (c.1343–1400), one of the greatest writers in the English language.
Written in Middle English in the late 14th century, it tells the stories of a group of pilgrims travelling from London to the shrine of Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral.
It is one of the most important works in the history of English literature.