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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is to be done during the truce in the war?
(a) A banquet is to be held.
(b) Prisoners are to be exchanged.
(c) A surrender is to be made.
(d) A treaty is to be written.

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

3. What condition does Criseyde give for fulfilling Troilus's request of her?
(a) That he continue to win battles.
(b) That her honor remain intact.
(c) That he keep their situation secret.
(d) That he pledge his life to her.

4. What does Criseyde say would have happened had she loved Troilus first?
(a) Troilus would have shunned her.
(b) Hector would have withdrawn his protection.
(c) All of the answer choices are correct.
(d) Pandarus would have rebuked her.

5. What is Pandarus' first idea to protect his niece?
(a) To disguise her as someone else.
(b) To have Troilus run away with her.
(c) To marry her to Troilus.
(d) To change her name.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the patron God to Troilus' people?

2. Why is Diomede hesitant to approach Criseyde just after the trade?

3. Troilus always mocks others for which of the following?

4. What is the second token that Criseyde gives to Diomede?

5. Why does Diomede state that Trojan knights are doomed to die?

(see the answer key)

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