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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Criseyde always wear one color?
(a) She has a missing child.
(b) She is a student.
(c) She is marked a traitor.
(d) She is a widow.

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

3. Who is the patron God to Troilus' people?
(a) Athena.
(b) Venus.
(c) Cupid.
(d) Aphrodite.

4. What is happening at the beginning of the poem?
(a) A Wedding.
(b) A horrible famine.
(c) A day of feast.
(d) The Trojan War.

5. Where is this poem set?
(a) Troy.
(b) Thebes.
(c) Greece.
(d) Rome.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the townspeople want to kill Criseyde?

2. What does Troilus have to keep a secret from others in Book I?

3. Why does Criseyde not have anyone to protect her?

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

5. What does Chaucer say he hopes his poem provides?

(see the answer key)

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