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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Troilus have to keep a secret from others in Book I?
(a) His feelings for Criseyde.
(b) His sickness.
(c) His shameful father.
(d) His alliance with the Greeks.

2. What deepens Troilus's anxiety when he returns from Sarpedoun's house?
(a) Criseyde's house is boarded up.
(b) Hector has sent word for him.
(c) There is no word from Criseyde.
(d) The battles have begun again.

3. Why does Pandarus want to arrange a last meeting between Troilus and Criseyde?
(a) So that they can be wed.
(b) So that they can bid farewell to each other.
(c) So that he can ask her to run away.
(d) So that they can agree on a plan.

4. Where does Troilus go after the meeting focusing on ransoms?
(a) His room.
(b) Pandarus' house.
(c) Criseyde's house.
(d) The graveyard.

5. What type of work is "The Siege of Thebes"?
(a) A poem.
(b) A history.
(c) A short story.
(d) A novel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why has Diomede traveled to Troy?

2. Book IV begins with which of the following types of writing?

3. What does Pandarus think will cause Troilus to kill himself?

4. How long does Criseyde say that she needs to come up with a plan to escape from the Greeks?

5. How are Antenor and Troilus related?

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