POLYTECHNIC TRB UNIT-I

THE BOOK OF DUCHESS 1.What is a dream-vision poem? A poem in which the narrator recounts a dream 2.How long has the narrator of The Book of the Duchess been unable to sleep? Eight years 3.When the narrator cannot sleep, what games are options for his insomnia? Chess or tables (backgammon) 4.The Book of the Duchess was written in what form? Octosyllabic couplets 5.For what person is The Book of the Duchess, perhaps, an elegy? Blanche, Duchess of Lancaster 6.Who is Juno? A Roman goddess 7.What book does the narrator of The Book of the Duchess use to help his insomnia? Ovid's Metamorphoses 8.Of what rank are Seys and Alcyone? King and Queen 9.How does Seys die? Drowned in a shipwreck

10.What does Alcyone refuse to do until she has found out what happened to Seys? Eat bread 11.To whom does Alcyone pray when she hears nothing of Seys? Juno 12.Who is Morpheus? The god of sleep 13.What does Juno bid Morpheus, through her messenger, to do? Reanimate Seys and send him to Alcyone 14.When Alcyone sees Seys brought to her by Morpheus, where is she? In bed 15.What color is the knight wearing when the dreamer first encounters him? Black 16.What kind of poetry is the "complaint" (or "compleynt" in Middle English)? Lyric poetry 17.What game does the Black Knight play with Fortune? Chess 18.Where does the narrator in The Book of the Duchess find the Black Knight? In a flower-filled meadow 19.What fundamental thing does the narrator not understand about the Black Knight's story? That the Lady White has died 20.How does the Black Knight describe his lady? From the head down 21.What does Lady Fortune spin? Her wheel 22.What is one of the sources for Chaucer's reference to Lady Fortune? Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy 23.What is shown in the stained glass of the narrator's dream chamber? The Trojan War 24.What is painted on the walls of the narrator's dream chamber in The Book of the Duchess? The Romaunce of the Rose 25.To whom does the Black Knight say he was in service before he met Lady White? The God of Love