Chaucer <br>
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Final examination (take home)				         <br>
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All of these are <b>huge</b> questions; you will have to set your own limits.  Do so--ruthlessly.  <b>You</b> define the territory you will investigate and make those boundaries clear to me.  Remember:  
<ul>
<li>	1.  quality is more important than quantity;
<li>	2.  this is worth 30% of your grade
<li>	3.  this is only one of the courses you are taking;
<li>	4.  there are only 24 hours in a day.
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So, be succinct, concise, relevant--and be <b>specific</b>.<p><p>



1.  We spent a significant amount of time in class discussing Troilus and
Fortune.  What would Criseyde's response to the <b>Consolation of
Philosophy</b> be?<p>



2.  One of the texts you read at the beginning of the semester was a
chapter of Augustine's <b>City of God</b>.  Of what relevance are
Augustine's ideas of use and enjoyment, of the importance of man's will as
free, <b>or</b> of the two cities (and the two loves that lead to them) to
the study of Chaucer?<p>


3.  <b>If</b> Chaucer intended something like a "Marriage Group," and
<b>if</b> it begins with the Wyf of Bath and includes the tales of the
Clerk, Merchant, and Franklin, discuss Chaucer's possible motives and
strategies in constructing a "discussion" among tales on the subject of
marriage.  (Consider issues, structure, and, if there is any, resolution. 
You may or may not want to comment on Chaucer's views, inasmuch as it is
possible to discern them.)  <p>

4.  If you could characterize Chaucer in one phrase, would you call him a
Christian poet, a courtly poet, a writer of irony, or a writer of humor?
Why?  (If you can think of some other phrase to characterize him, you may
use it.  Choose <b>one</b>; I do <b>not</b> want to hear that he is most
or all of these.)  Be specific.<p>



Be sure to read over and correct your work before you turn it in.  I want
the best English prose you are capable of.<p>
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<p> For extra credit (as if you need it): What is the Benedictine Rule?