John Lydgate

Question 1

John Lydgate was inspired by ___?

Answer 1

Geoffrey Chaucer

Question 2

What style did John Lydgate use?

Answer 2

Chaucerian Verses.

Question 3

What are the major works of John Lydgate?

Answer 3

1. The Serpent of Division
2. The Fall of Princes
3. Reason and Sensuality
4. Troy Book
5. The Siege of Thebes
6. The Complaint of the Black Knight
7. The Temple of Glas

Question 4

“The Serpent of Division” is an account of _____?

Answer 4

Julius Caesar

Question 5

Which is the only prose work of John Lydgate?

Answer 5

“The Serpent of Division”

Question 6

“The Fall of Princes” is based on _____?

Answer 6

Boccaccio’s work - De Casibus Virorum Illustrium

Question 7

“The Fall of Princes” was translated from which language?

Answer 7

French to English

Question 8

“Reason and Sensuality” was translated from ____?

Answer 8

French

Question 9

What is the theme of “Reason and Sensuality”?

Answer 9

Chastity

Question 10

“Reason and Sensuality” is a poem of _____?

Answer 10

allegorical poem

Question 11

Who commanded to write “Troy Book”?

Answer 11

Prince of Wales; later Henry V

Question 12

“The Seige of Thebes” is a response to _____?

Answer 12

Canterbury Tales

Question 13

“The Seige of Thebes” was translated from _____?

Answer 13

French

Question 14

What did “The Seige of Thebes” borrow?

Answer 14

Prologue of Canterbury Tales

Question 15

“The Seige of Thebes” is based on _____?

Answer 15

Boccaccio’s “Lost French Romance”

Question 16

“The Complaint of the Black Knight” is based on _____?

Answer 16

Chaucer’s “Book of Duchess”

Question 17

“The Temple of Glas” is based on ____?

Answer 17

Chaucer’s “House of Fame”

Question 18

What did John Lydgate use in “The Fall of Princes”?

Answer 18

Chaucerian Rhyme Royal