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1. Which sentence uses the word correctly?
2. Which famous English author adapted the fabliau form?
3. Who popularized the word macauco in the late 1700s?
4. Why did 'cabeliau' disappear from English?
5. What does the Dutch root word 'pauw' originally mean?
6. In what syllable is the primary stress placed in the pronunciation of 'fabliaux'?
7. What does the final 'e' in 'Uaupe' sound like?
8. When was the word in use?
9. Which literary genre is considered the opposite of the fabliaux?
10. How is the 'x' in 'fabliaux' pronounced?
11. Where does the primary stress fall in macauco?
12. Where did the fabliau originate?
13. What is a grammatical rule for the word 'Uaupe'?
14. From which language does the word 'fabliaux' originate?
15. What does a paauw prefer to do when threatened, rather than flying?
16. How is the word 'Uaupe' correctly pronounced in English?
17. Webster's 1828 dictionary defined the macauco as a name for several species of what?
18. What is a 'fabliau'?
19. Which English word rhymes perfectly with 'paauw'?
20. Which of the following is a common characteristic of fabliaux?
21. How many syllables does the word 'paauw' have?
22. The brown macauco of Victorian texts is now called what?
23. Which plural is correct?
24. How is the word 'paauw' correctly pronounced in English?
25. Which language does the word 'paauw' originate from?
26. The yellow macauco of old books was really which animal?
27. To which language family does the Uaupe language belong?
28. Which of the following is an INCORRECT usage of the word?
29. What did the obsolete word 'cabeliau' mean?
30. What kind of characters usually appear in a fabliau?
31. What is the main difference between a fable and a fabliau?
32. Which sentence uses the word 'paauw' correctly?
33. What is the Portuguese spelling of 'Uaupe'?
34. Into which group do most former macaucos fall?
35. Which fish does cabeliau come from?
36. From which languages was 'cabeliau' borrowed?
37. How is the word 'fabliau' pronounced?
38. How does 'cabeliau' behave grammatically?
39. What is the modern, scientific English term for a 'paauw'?
40. What does the word 'fabliaux' refer to?
41. Which sentence uses 'fabliaux' grammatically correct?
42. How do you refer to the collective demographic group?
43. Which of these is a common habitat for a paauw?
44. Which of the following is a characteristic of a fabliau?
45. What does the proper noun 'Uaupe' refer to?
46. Which near-identical form appears in old texts and means monkey in Portuguese?
47. Which famous English author was heavily influenced by the fabliaux tradition?
48. What type of characters typically appear in fabliaux?
49. What is the correct plural of 'fabliau'?
50. What does a fabliau usually satirize?
