Complete the following statement. Chaucer wrote his elegiac poem, "The Book of the Duchess," to praise the young Duchess of Lancaster who tragically died of___________________?
Correct answer: A. the Black Plague.
- A. the Black Plague.
- B. unrequited love for John of Gaunt.
- C. drowning in the Thames.
- D. childbirth.
Explanation
Blanche of Lancaster, the Duchess mourned in the poem, died during the plague outbreak in 1369. The poem's grief is not based on unrequited love or childbirth.
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