Question
Two answers required. A poem by one of these authors called The Legend of Good Women echoes the other author’s collection On Famous Women. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name these two authors. One of these authors borrowed plots from the other’s Decameron [pause] for several of The Canterbury Tales.
ANSWER: Giovanni Boccaccio AND Geoffrey Chaucer [accept in either order]
[10m] Two answers required. Partly inspired by Boccaccio’s poem Il Filostrato, Chaucer wrote an epic poem about these two Trojan lovers, which Shakespeare then borrowed for one of his plays.
ANSWER: Troilus AND Cressida [or Troilus and Criseyde; accept in either order]
[10h] Two answers required. These two cousins and their conflicting love for Emilia are the subject of Boccaccio’s poem Teseida, which Chaucer adapted into “The Knight’s Tale.”
ANSWER: Palamon AND Arcite [or Palemone AND Arcita; accept in either order]
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Summary
| 2023 ILLIAC (Cornell) | 2023-10-21 | Y | 4 | 12.50 | 50% | 50% | 25% |
Data
| Rochester A | Cornell Fire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cornell Earth | Cornell Wind | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Rochester B | Rochester C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RIT | Columbia Ly-α | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |