Question
A woman gives birth to several noseless daughters after her former husband tears off her nose in a work by this author that provided a term for “werewolf” in French. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this medieval author who probably worked in the court of King Henry II. This author wrote several tales inspired by the oral traditions of Brittany, such as Lanval.
ANSWER: Marie de France
[10m] Two answers required. Marie de France’s Breton lai “The Chevrefoil” retells a meeting of these two characters in a forest. These two legendary characters fall in love while one takes the other to marry his uncle Mark.
ANSWER: Tristan AND Iseult [accept Isolde in place of Iseult]
[10e] Marie also published a set of Anglo-Norman translations of Aesop’s Fables, which she translated from this author’s Old English version. This first king of the Anglo-Saxons had the epithet “the Great.”
ANSWER: Alfred the Great
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Summary
| 2023 ARCADIA at Duke | Emory, Duke, Yale | Y | 2 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Maryland | Maryland, Online | Y | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Ohio State | Ohio State, Texas | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 33% | 67% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA Online | Maryland, Online | Y | 3 | 23.33 | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Texas | Ohio State, Texas | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 67% | 33% | 33% |
Data
| Johns Hopkins | Maryland B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |