Chaucer Suggestion Session 2021-22

Chaucer Suggestion Session 2021-22

Part- C

The General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales

1. Discuss “The General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales” as a picture gallery of the 14th century English Society./ Discuss Chaucer as a representative poet. / How does Chaucer portray contemporary society in the General Prologue?  [2016, 18, 20]  ✪✪✪
2. Explain Chaucer’s art of characterization in “The General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales.” [2016,18, 20] ✪✪✪
3. How does Chaucer portray the ecclesiastical characters in the General Prologue? [2015, 18] ✪✪✪
4. Write a note on the courtly characters in “The General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales.” [2016, 19] ✪✪✪
5. How does Chaucer blend satire with humour in “The General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales?” [2015, 17, 19] ✪✪✪

আরো পড়ুনঃ Who is the Real hero of the Play “Julius Caesar”? Brutus or Caesar?

The Nun’s Priest’s Tale

6. Evaluate Chaucer’s treatment of dreams in “The Nun’s Priest’s Tale. [2016, 18, 20] ✪✪✪
7. Justify “The Nun’s Priest’s Tale” as a beast fable. [2016, 20] ✪✪✪ 
8. What moral lesson do you find in “The Nun’s Priest’s Tale?” [2020] ✪✪✪
9. What mock-heroic elements do you find in “The Nun’s Priest’s Tale?” [2015, 17, 19] ✪✪✪

Troilus and Criseyde

10. Discuss Criseyde as a grief-stricken woman/ Sketch the character of Criseyde. [2016, 18, 20] ✪✪✪
11. ‘Troilus is the chief Protagonist in the poem,’ ‘Troilus and Criseyde.’ Discuss./ Sketch the character of Troilus [2014] 
12. Consider Chaucer’s ‘Troilus and Criseyde’ as a poem of county love tradition. [2014, 2017] ✪✪✪
13. Evaluate the ingredients of romance in “Troilus and Criseyde.” [2015, 18, 20] ✪✪✪
14. Analyze Chaucer’s poetic skill in “Troilus and Criseyde.” [2020]
15. ‘Troilus and Criseyde’ is a lover’s tragedy. Evaluate. [2017]
16. Mention the medieval and modern elements from your study of Chaucer’s poems. [2017, 19] ✪✪✪

আরো পড়ুনঃ Sketch the Character of Prospero.

Part – B

The General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales

1. Comment on the character of the knight.
2. Portray the characters of the Prioress. ✪✪✪
3. Describe the character of the Monk. ✪✪✪
4. Write a short note on the Wife of Bath.
5. Comment on the host in the general prologue To The Canterbury Tales. ✪✪✪
6. How does Chaucer begin the Prologue?/ Importance of spring season. ✪✪✪
7. How is the Squire different from his father, the Knight?

The Nun’s Priest’s Tale

8. How can you differentiate between a fable and a tale?
9. How did Pertelote scold Chaunticleer for his cowardice? ✪✪✪
10. What did Pertelote say against the importance of dreams?
11. How did the fox flatter the cock and seize him? ✪✪✪
12. Describe the fox after “The Nun’s Priest’s Tale.” ✪✪✪
13. What medicine did Pertelote suggest for Chaunticleer’s nightmare?
14. Write a short note on Pertelote’s character. ✪✪✪

Troilus and Criseyde

15. What does Chaucer mean by “The double sorrow of Troilus?” ✪✪✪
16. How did Diomede court Criseyde to win her love?
17. How did Troilus’s life come to an end? ✪✪✪

Or, Write a note on the last days of Troilus’s life. ✪✪✪

Nota Bene

আরো পড়ুনঃ Forgiveness and Reconciliation are the keynotes in the Play “The Tempest” – Discuss.

• For 5 Broad questions, follow the star-based questions only.  To know Chaucer well, you must study all the questions.
• Follow our Summary Book for short questions. This book will be sufficient for short questions, InshaAllah.