The Book of the Duchess and Other Poems Quizzes

The Book of the Duchess and Other Poems Quiz 1

By Elizabeth Hayes Smith · Edited by Adam Kissel · Last reviewed March 16, 2008

1 What is a dream-vision poem?

A lyric poem

An epic poem

A poem in which the narrator recounts a dream

A story within the overall poem
2 How long has the narrator of The Book of the Duchess been unable to sleep?

A year

All night

Eight nights

Eight years
3 When the narrator cannot sleep, what games are options for his insomnia?

Cards or dice

Chess or tables (backgammon)

Draughts or dice

Draughts or marbles
4 The Book of the Duchess was written in what form?

Blank verse

Iambic pentameter

Octosyllabic couplets

Villanelle
5 For what person is The Book of the Duchess, perhaps, an elegy?

The fictional Duchess of the Judgement of Wisdom in Love

Alcyone, Duchess of Troy

Philippa, Duchess of Hainault

Blanche, Duchess of Lancaster
6 Who is Juno?

A Roman goddess

The wife of the Black Knight

A heroine of the Trojan war

A lady the narrator loves
7 What book does the narrator of The Book of the Duchess use to help his insomnia?

The Tale of Seys and Alcyone

The Bible

Roman de la Rose

Ovid's Metamorphoses
8 Of what rank are Seys and Alcyone?

King and Queen

Lord and Lady

Earl and Countess

Duke and Duchess
9 How does Seys die?

Killed in battle

Lost in the forest

Drowned in a shipwreck

A broken heart
10 What does Alcyone refuse to do until she has found out what happened to Seys?

Remarry

Stop weeping

Sleep

Eat bread
11 To whom does Alcyone pray when she hears nothing of Seys?

Juno

Jupiter

The God of Love

Morpheus
12 Who is Morpheus?

The god of love

The messenger of Seys

Alcyone's brother

The god of sleep
13 What does Juno bid Morpheus, through her messenger, to do?

Bring Alcyone to speak to Juno

Bring Seys back to life

Reanimate Seys and send him to Alcyone

Send Alcyone to be with Seys
14 When Alcyone sees Seys brought to her by Morpheus, where is she?

In Juno's temple

Alone in the forest

By his graveside

In bed
15 What color is the knight wearing when the dreamer first encounters him?

White

Red

Grey

Black
16 What kind of poetry is the "complaint" (or "compleynt" in Middle English)?

Requiem

Lyric poetry

Limerick

Elegy
17 What game does the Black Knight play with Fortune?

Jousting

Draughts

Chess

Dice
18 Where does the narrator in The Book of the Duchess find the Black Knight?

Waiting outside his lady's chamber

In a flower-filled meadow

In a castle

On horseback in the hunt
19 What fundamental thing does the narrator not understand about the Black Knight's story?

That Lady Fortune is the main subject of his story

That the Black Knight is actually his enemy

That the story is a comedy

That the Lady White has died
20 How does the Black Knight describe his lady?

From the head down

In no particular order

Her virtues first, physical attributes second

In philosophical terms
21 What does Lady Fortune spin?

A spinning wheel

The globe

An orb

Her wheel
22 What is one of the sources for Chaucer's reference to Lady Fortune?

Aristotle's Poetics

Augustine's City of God

Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy

Augustine's Confessions
23 What is shown in the stained glass of the narrator's dream chamber?

The Romaunce of the Rose

The War of the Roses

The Hundred Years' War

The Trojan War
24 What is painted on the walls of the narrator's dream chamber in The Book of the Duchess?

The First Crusade

The War of the Roses

The Trojan War

The Romaunce of the Rose
25 To whom does the Black Knight say he was in service before he met Lady White?

Morpheus

Juno

The God of Love

The Virgin Mary

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