PG TRB ENGLISH ONLINE TEST / QUIZ AS PER LATEST SYLLABUS | Unit I ENGLISH LITERATURE FROM 1400-1600 - Poetry - Geoffrey Chaucer - Prologue to the Canterbury Tales.

PG TRB ENGLISH ONLINE TEST / QUIZ AS PER LATEST SYLLABUS | Unit I ENGLISH LITERATURE FROM 1400-1600 - Poetry - Geoffrey Chaucer - Prologue to the Canterbury Tales - (The Book of the Duchess Chapter only).

1. What is the primary source text that Chaucer claims to be reading at the beginning of the poem, which causes him to fall asleep?

• Ovid's *Metamorphoses*
• Statius's *Thebaid*
• The Romance of the Rose
• The story of Ceyx and Alcyone from Ovid

2. The narrator is suffering from a long-lasting illness or sorrow. What is the approximate duration of this state?

• Seven years
• Ten years
• One year
• Twelve years

3. Who is the goddess of sleep invoked by the narrator to help him fall asleep?

• Juno
• Morpheus
• Iris
• Diana

4. The narrator dreams of a hunt led by which historical or mythological figure?

• King Arthur
• Emperor Octavian
• Alexander the Great
• King John

5. What is the name of the white hind that the narrator follows and loses in the dream forest?

• Blanche
• Fortune
• Fame
• The narrator does not follow a hind

6. Who does the narrator encounter weeping beneath an oak tree in the dream?

• The Black Knight
• A hermit
• A young shepherd
• The goddess Fortune

7. The Black Knight's lament is a complaint against which allegorical figure?

• Jealousy
• Death
• Fortune
• Love

8. What game does the Black Knight claim to have lost to this allegorical figure?

• Chess
• Backgammon
• Dice
• Cards

9. What is the central theme of the Black Knight's song, which he sings to lament his loss?

• The beauty of nature
• The deceitfulness of love
• The loss of his love, Blanche
• His exile from his kingdom

10. The narrator misunderstands the Black Knight's sorrow for a long time. What does he initially think the knight is grieving?

• The loss of his home
• The loss of a chess game
• The loss of his father
• The death of his favorite horse

11. What is the name of the mythological figure associated with the death of the knight's lady, who is mentioned in the poem?

• Cupid
• Morpheus
• Atropos
• Proserpine

12. The poem is an elegy, but for whom is it believed to be written?

• John of Gaunt's second wife
• John of Gaunt's first wife, Blanche
• King Richard II's first wife
• Chaucer's wife, Philippa

13. The dream vision genre, in which the poem is written, was popular in which literary tradition?

• Italian
• French
• Anglo-Saxon
• Germanic

14. What is the Black Knight's final and devastating revelation to the narrator?

• His lady has left him for another man
• His kingdom has been overthrown
• His lady is dead
• He has been banished from the court

15. The poem ends with the narrator waking up from his dream. What does he decide to do immediately upon waking?

• He decides to write a book based on his dream
• He writes down a song for his lady
• He goes to seek the Black Knight in the real world
• He returns to his reading of Ovid

16. The narrator's name is not explicitly mentioned, but what literary device is employed by Chaucer to maintain this persona?

• Hyperbole
• Dramatic Irony
• Anachronism
• The Dreamer-Narrator Convention

17. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the lady described by the Black Knight?

• She had a beautiful appearance
• She was a gifted musician
• She was a fierce warrior
• She had a gentle and courteous nature

18. The poem's opening lines are a translation or adaptation of a passage from which French poet?

• Guillaume de Machaut
• Jean Froissart
• Eustache Deschamps
• Christine de Pizan

19. What is the name of the forest where the dream hunt takes place?

• Sherwood Forest
• The Forest of the White Hart
• The forest of the dream is not named
• The Forest of Broceliande

20. The narrator's lack of understanding about the Black Knight's loss serves what literary purpose?

• It highlights the narrator's naivety
• It builds suspense and allows the knight to narrate his story
• It is a subtle critique of the knight's poor communication skills
• It is a mistake by the author

21. The poem is considered a pioneering example of what literary form in English?

• The epic poem
• The mock-heroic poem
• The courtly elegy
• The satire

22. What is the rhyme scheme predominantly used in *The Book of the Duchess*?

• Rhyming couplets
• A-B-A-B
• A-A-B-B-C-C
• Ottava Rima

23. Who is the messenger sent by Juno to Morpheus to carry her command?

• Iris
• Mercury
• Aeolus
• Cupid

24. What is the name of the king or nobleman for whom the hunt is arranged in the dream?

• King Richard II
• King Edward III
• Emperor Octavian
• Duke John of Lancaster

25. The Black Knight's description of his lady contains a reference to which literary tradition that values idealized beauty and virtue?

• The pastoral tradition
• The courtly love tradition
• The heroic epic tradition
• The tragic tradition

26. In the allegorical chess game, who represents the chess pieces that the Black Knight has lost?

• His friends and family
• His wealth and property
• His knights and soldiers
• His happiness and good fortune

27. What is the name of the poem that is a primary source for the Ceyx and Alcyone story in Chaucer's text?

• The *Iliad*
• The *Aeneid*
• The *Metamorphoses*
• The *Canterbury Tales*

28. The poem is characterized by its use of which verse form, typical of Chaucer's earlier work?

• Iambic pentameter
• Alliterative verse
• Trochaic tetrameter
• Octosyllabic couplets

29. The allegorical hunt in the dream is thought to be a symbol for what?

• The pursuit of knowledge
• The pursuit of fame
• The pursuit of a lost loved one
• The narrator's pursuit of a cure for his illness

30. What is the significance of the poem's title, *The Book of the Duchess*?

• It refers to a literal book that the duchess wrote
• It is an elegy for Blanche, the Duchess of Lancaster
• It is a love story about a duchess
• The title is an editorial addition and not from Chaucer

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