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1
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Who is THE BOOK OF THE DUCHESS written as an elegy for?

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Blanche of Lancaster, John of Gaunt’s first wife

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When did Blanche of Lancaster die?

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1368

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Who was Chaucer’s wife?

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Philippa Roet

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How did Chaucer know John of Gaunt?

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Close friends- Chaucer served under his patronage- near end of their lives, they became brothers-in-law- Lancaster married Philippa’s sister

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Which late 12th century poet had a huge influence on lais?

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Marie de France

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What does Kathryn Hume argue are the typical features of a Breton Lai?

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A concern with LOVE and what the Franklin calls GENTILESSE; magic (both faerie and other); an a-Christian ethic

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What does Kathryn Hume also acknowledge as important parts of the Breton Lais?

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love-interest; promises

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How many of the other extant Middle English lais were written around the same time as THE FRANKLIN’S TALE, according to Kathryn Hume?

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4/7

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9
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Which simple exemplum does Katie Homar acknowledge Chaucer built the FRIAR’S on?

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Robert Rypon’s THE GREEDY BAILIFF

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What is the discussion about demonology between the summoner and the devil-yeoman called in the FRIAR’S?

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Scole matere section

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11
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Which tales are based on stories which also appear in John Gower’s “Confessio Amantis”?

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MAN OF LAW’S; WIFE OF BATH’S; PHYSICIAN’S; MANCIPLE’S

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What is the name of the story collection that John Gower published?

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CONFESSIO AMANTIS

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When did John Gower complete “Confessio Amantis” in its first form?

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1390

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14
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Whose tale is it generally accepted that the Man of Law tells in earlier drafts?

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The Tale of Melibee

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Whose tale did the Wife of Bath apparently tell in early drafts?

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The Shipman’s Tale

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16
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What is the biography of a saint or an ecclesiastical leader called?

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Hagiography

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17
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Where does Chaucer use rime royal?

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Troilus and Criseyde; Man of Law’s; Clerk’s; Prioress’s; Second Nun’s; ANELIDA AND ARCITE; The Parliament of Fowls; number of shorter poems

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18
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Which tales are part of the ‘Marriage Group’?

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Wife of Bath’s; Clerk’s; Merchant’s; Franklin’s

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19
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Which tales out of the ‘Marriage Group’ directly cite the Wife of Bath?

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Clerk’s; Merchant’s

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20
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Which tales are the most elaborately ornamented productions?

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Merchant’s; Squire’s

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21
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Which tale does The Clerk’s Tale largely resemble?

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Man of Law’s- the story of Custance/the tale of Griselda

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22
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Which biblical character does Griselda in The Clerk’s Tale resemble?

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Job

23
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What rhyme scheme does Chaucer use for most of his tales of pathos?

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Rime royal

24
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What is unusual about the structure of The Clerk’s Tale?

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It is followed by an envoi

25
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Which tale was apparently composed as a companion piece to The Clerk’s?

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Merchant’s

26
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How are the Squire and the Knight related?

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The Knight is the Squire’s father

27
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Which famous literary figure was convinced that Chaucer intended to finish The Squire’s Tale?

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John Milton

28
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Which tale attracted much attention from writers in the Elizabethan period?

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Squire’s- Milton; Edmund Spenser; John Lane

29
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Which tales are characterised by affecting scenes of parents and children?

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Physician’s; Man of Law’s; Clerk’s; Prioress’; Ugolino episode in Monk’s

30
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Which tales were likely written before Chaucer had conceptualised the wider framework?

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Knight’s; Second Nun’s; Monk’s?; Physician’s?

31
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When were the Jews banished from England?

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1290

32
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Which two tales does the pilgrim Chaucer tell?

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Sir Thopas; The Tale of Melibee

33
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How many pilgrims are there in the General Prologue?

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29

34
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How many tales are there?

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24

35
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Which tale does Melibee share many lines with?

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Merchant’s

36
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How many short stories are included in Monk’s?

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17

37
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Which important date features in both The Knight’s and The Nun’s Priest’s?

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3 May

38
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What does the Nun’s Priest spin his tale out with many of?

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An excursus

39
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What were the 3 medieval social estates?

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Clergy; nobility; commoners/peasantry

40
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Which king did Chaucer write during the reign of?

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Richard II

41
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When do people usually deduce that THE BOOK OF THE DUCHESS was written?

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Between 1369-72

42
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What form are both THE BOOK OF THE DUCHESS and THE HOUSE OF FAME written in?

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Octosyllabic (rhyming?) couplets

43
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What is usually the suggested date for the composition of THE HOUSE OF FAME?

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1379-80

44
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Which book is the dreamer reading at the beginning of THE HOUSE OF FAME?

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Aeneid

45
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Which book is the dreamer reading at the beginning of THE PARLIAMENT OF FOWLS?

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Cicero’s SOMNIUM SCIPIONIS- “Dream of Scipio”

46
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Rime royal stanza

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7 lines; usually iambic pentameter; ABABBCC; can be constructed either as a tercet and 2 couplets, or as a quatrain and a couplet- this allows for variety

47
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Which stanza did Chaucer potentially adapt the rime royal from?

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Boccaccio’s OTTAVA RIMA

48
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What historical event does THE PARLIAMENT OF FOWLS potentially concern?

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Negotiations in 1380 for the betrothal of Richard II to Anne of Bohemia

49
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Envoy

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a short stanza at the end of a poem such as ballad used either to address an imagined or actual person or to comment on the preceding body of the poem

50
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Which book is the dreamer reading at the beginning of THE BOOK OF THE DUCHESS?

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Metamorphoses

51
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What is the form of the Knight’s song for his lost love in THE BOOK OF THE DUCHESS?

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Complaint- a medieval literary form- usually a short, sometimes musical poem, sung by a lover about his loss of a love, essentially a lyric genre

52
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What is the top-to-bottom description of the Knight’s lady in THE BOOK OF THE DUCHESS called?

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A blazon

53
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What do the birds at the end of THE PARLIAMENT OF FOWLS sing?

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A roundel

54
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What form is Chaucer credited with bringing into English?

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Rime royal

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