Question

While their work was different in many ways, _____ was a contemporary of Cervantes. Dante Alighieri Geoffrey Chaucer Jean-Jacques Rousseau William Shakespeare

Answer 1

The correct answer is William Shakeaspeare

As a matter of fact, they both died in the same year. Chaucer and Alighieri lived earlier, while Rousseau was born later, in the 18th century.

Answer 2

The right answer is Shakespeare. William Shakespeare and Miguel de Cervantes don't have much in common, although they lived in the same era, importantly influenced following generations, and are both observed as skillful writers.  Shakespeare focused on theatrical art, which strained from comedies, tragedies romance as well as poetry. Cervantes on the other hand wrote few plays but not them all survived, he is best known because of his novels, such as Don Quijote. They both focus on the discrepancy between reality and imagination and they give the conflict between ideals and reality center stage; love to toy with ambiguities.