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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book III.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Chaucer ask for help with in Book III?
(a) Utilizing language.
(b) Honoring love.
(c) Forgetting his woes.
(d) Explaining his feelings.

2. What does Troilus do to leave the festival early?
(a) He pretends to be sick.
(b) He pays a fee.
(c) He reads a poem.
(d) He pretends he has important work to do.

3. What is Hector's title?
(a) General.
(b) Prince.
(c) Captain.
(d) Knight.

4. Who is with Criseyde when Pandarus goes to see her?
(a) Troilus.
(b) Two ladies.
(c) A foreign dignitary.
(d) Hector.

5. Who led Criseyde to think that she needs protection?
(a) Pandarus.
(b) Antigone.
(c) Troilus.
(d) Hector.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Troilus spend his nights doing after the dinner with Criseyde?

2. What color does Criseyde always wear?

3. What does Chaucer say that he hopes to honor in Book III?

4. What promise did Pandarus make Troilus?

5. What does a friend of Troilus say to try to make him mad?

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