According to Spenser's plan for The Faerie Queene, how many knights (one for each virtue) were to feature?
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Correct answer: B. 12
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The Letter to Raleigh plans twelve books, each with a knight of one of 'the twelve private moral virtues'. Only six books and the Mutabilitie Cantos were completed.
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