Edmund Spenser, the author of The Faerie Queene, is buried in Bunhill Fields, a non-conformist burial ground in London. Bunhill Fields is where many prominent writers and dissenters from the Church of England were buried, including John Bunyan, Daniel Defoe, and William Blake. The document provides background on Spenser and The Faerie Queene, and includes instructions for students to do a jigsaw reading of selected cantos from Book 1 and Book 3 of the epic poem.

1. Where is Edmund Spenser buried?
A. Westminster Abbey
B. Stratford-Upon-Avon
C. The Tower of London
D. Bunhill Fields
E. Highgate Cemetery

2. Westminster Abbey
Along with:
• Geoffrey Chaucer
• Ben Jonson
• John Dryden
• Sir Isaac Newton
• Charles Dickens
• Charles Darwin
• Robert Browning
• Alfred Tennyson
• Sir Laurence
Olivier

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5. CS Lewis once wrote that he
never knew anyone who "used
to like The Faerie Queene."

9.  Jigsaw reading of The Faerie Queene
 Book 1, Canto 1-2 (pages 782-806) (Teneha)
 Book 1, Canto 3-4 (pages 806-830) (Elliot)
 Book 1, Canto 5-6 (pages 830-855) (Mia)
 Book 1, Canto 7-8 (pages 855-880) (Noelika)
(Matthias)
 Book 1, Canto 9-10 (pages 880-910) (Christi)
 Book 1, Canto 11-12 (pages 910-934) (Tierney)
 Book 2, Canto 12 and Book 3, Canto 6 (pages 934-
959) (Anibal)
 Book 3, Cantos 7-10 Summary and Book 3, Canto
11-12 (pages 959-984) (Sam)
 You will teach your section to the class—not
just the plot, but what is significant about your
section!