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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Chaucer say that he hopes to honor in Book III?
(a) Strength.
(b) Prosperity.
(c) Hope.
(d) Love.

3. What does Criseyde call Hector when talking to Pandarus?
(a) The man whom she she will wed.
(b) Her savior.
(c) The most courageous knight.
(d) All of the answer choices are correct.

4. How are Troilus and Hector related?
(a) They are cousins.
(b) They are second cousins.
(c) They are brothers.
(d) They are half-brothers.

5. What does Criseyde tell Pandarus would make her very happy when he visits her?
(a) The return of her father.
(b) A pardon for her treason charges.
(c) The end of the siege.
(d) A new love interest.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Criseyde always wear one color?

2. What does Criseyde do as she nears Troilus for the first time?

3. What is Troilus pretending when he and Criseyde first talk?

4. What type of work is "The Siege of Thebes"?

5. What makes Troilus a braver and stronger warrior at the beginning of Book I?

(see the answer key)

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