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To Rosamond "To Rosamond" Quiz

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1 Who is the author of "To Rosamond"?

William Langland

John Gower

Julian of Norwich

Geoffrey Chaucer
2 What work is Geoffrey Chaucer best known for?

The Canterbury Tales

The Parliament of Fowls

Confessio Amantis

Piers Plowman
3 When was "To Rosamond" discovered?

The early nineteenth century

The late fifteenth century

The late twentieth century

The late nineteenth century
4 How does "To Rosamond" survive?

As a note written on the flyleaf of another manuscript

As an inclusion in a previously lost book of Chaucer's poetry

As an anonymous poem in an anthology

As a loose sheet of paper tucked in an unrelated book
5 Which of the following do critics NOT disagree about when it comes to "To Rosamond"?

Who wrote it

Who it was written about

Whether it is serious or satirical

When it was written
6 Which of Rosamond's physical features does the speaker explicitly describe?

Her lips

Her hair

Her eyes

Her cheeks
7 Which of the following BEST describes what "ointment" represents in line 7?

The speaker's healing love of God

Rosamond's beauty

The sight of Rosamond dancing

The speaker's desire for Rosamond
8 Which line of Stanza 1 contains unusual figurative language for a medieval love poem?

Madame, you be of all beauty shrine

As far as circled is the mappamundi

And like ruby be your cheeks round

For as the crystal glorious you shine
9 What is the mappamundi?

A map of the world

The whole world

The ocean around the world

The inhabited world
10 Which of the following is NOT a plausible interpretation of the gem simile?

Chaucer is suggesting that the speaker is more invested in Rosamond's physical beauty than her spiritual beauty

Chaucer is using unusual language to draw out Rosamond's remarkable beauty

Chaucer is employing conventional language to praise a beautiful woman

Chaucer is employing conventional language to mock the cliches of love poetry
11 Which of the following does not concern love as pain and pleasure?

As I in love am wallowed and am wound

Yet may that woe my heart not confound

It is an ointment unto my wound

Though you to me not do no dalliance
12 Which of the following is not a potential meaning of dalliance?

Small talk

Profound conversation

Sexual intercourse

Marriage proposal
13 What literary device is employed in the lines, "Makes my thought in joy and bliss abound. So courteously I go, with love bound"

Simile

Allusion

Contrast

Alliteration
14 Which line does NOT employ alliteration?

And like ruby be your cheeks round

Though you to me not do no dalliance

As I in love am wallowed and am wound

Therewith you be so merry and so jocund
15 In what voice is "To Rosamond" written?

Third-person limited

Third-person omniscient

Second person

First person
16 "That I am truly Tristan the second" is an example of what literary device?

Apostrophe

Juxtaposition

Allusion

Metaphor
17 In what major work did the character "Tristan" first appear?

The Odyssey

Ovid's Metamorphosis

The Canterbury Tales

Roman de la Rose
18 What does the speaker's allusion to Tristan suggest about Rosamond?

She may be of higher rank than him

She may be a woman of poor character

She may be a servant

She may not be very beautiful
19 What does Chaucer's reference to Tristan suggest about how he wanted to be perceived?

He wanted to seem quintessentially British

He wanted to seem like a working-class poet

He wanted to seem totally original

He wanted to seem influenced by French poetry
20 What is galantine?

A type of sickness

A type of fish

A type of sadness

A type of sauce
21 Which of the following best describes the tone of the first stanza?

Bitter, satirical

Serious, dramatic

Frustrated, aggressive

Humorous, silly
22 Which of the following best describes the speaker's feelings about Rosamond's lack of interest?

Her lack of interest makes him angry, because she has been stolen by another man

Her lack of interest doesn't affect him, because he enjoys being in love

Her lack of interest frustrates him, because he thinks he deserves her

Her lack of interest makes him sad, because he knows they could make each other happy
23 Which of the following is NOT a figure for Rosamond?

Galantine

Crystal

Ointment

Shrine
24 Which of the following is an example of irony?

The poem suggests that love can be beautiful, but still mocks it

The speaker is wounded by his love for Rosamond, but only seeking her out can heal him

The speaker compares himself to Tristan, even though Tristan was famously uninterested in love

The speaker desires Rosamond, but she isn't interested in him
25 Which literary device does NOT appear in "To Rosamond"?

Metaphor

Apostrophe

Repetition

Allusion

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