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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Chaucer say he hopes his poem provides?
(a) Comfort.
(b) Warning.
(c) Contentment.
(d) Hope.

2. Who is Chaucer talking to at the beginning of Book II?
(a) His students.
(b) The reader.
(c) The characters.
(d) His children.

3. Who does Chaucer say will get the most out of this poem?
(a) Those who have seen men die.
(b) Those who are bitter and estranged.
(c) Those who have loved and lost.
(d) Those who are patient and content.

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

5. What does Pandarus tell Criseyde that the dream that she had the night of the festival is likely to bring to her?
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Good fortune.
(c) Bad luck.
(d) Opportunity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Criseyde tell Pandarus would make her very happy when he visits her?

2. In Book I, what kind of story does Chaucer say is in this poem?

3. Why do the townspeople want to kill Criseyde?

4. What does the narrator say helps Criseyde outshine all the other women?

5. Where was Hector wounded?

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