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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Chaucer's plea at the beginning of Book II?
(a) To loverlook his weakness.
(b) To accept the story as it is.
(c) To personalize the story.
(d) To believe his words.

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

3. Who finds Troilus crying?
(a) Hector.
(b) Pandarus.
(c) Paris.
(d) Agamemnon.

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

5. Who does Pandarus visit after waking up?
(a) Troilus.
(b) Criseyde.
(c) Calkas.
(d) Hector.

6. What does Pandarus say that Troilus is when he is not in battle?
(a) Humorous.
(b) Friendly.
(c) Sweet.
(d) Polite.

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

8. Where is Troilus when he first sees Criseyde?
(a) A palace.
(b) A temple.
(c) A garden.
(d) A tavern.

9. What kind of adventure does Chaucer say Troilus will have in this poem?
(a) A war adventure.
(b) A growing adventure.
(c) An internal adventure.
(d) A love adventure.

10. How are Pandarus and Criseyde related?
(a) He is her uncle.
(b) He is a family friend.
(c) He is her godfather.
(d) He is her cousin.

11. What does Pandarus do when he first wakes up?
(a) He meditates.
(b) All of the answer choices are correct.
(c) He reads a psalm.
(d) He checks the horoscope.

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

13. What does Pandarus say that Troilus might do because of his love for Criseyde?
(a) Go insane.
(b) Join a seminary.
(c) Fight.
(d) Die.

14. How does Criseyde feel when Pandarus tells her to do something when he visits her?
(a) Annoyed.
(b) Reluctant.
(c) Joyful.
(d) Shocked.

15. Who protects Criseyde when the people want to kill her?
(a) Paris.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Hector.
(d) Troilus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is this poem set?

2. What is Criseyde doing when Pandarus visits her?

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

4. How does Pandarus decide that it is a good time to see Criseyde?

5. Why does Calkas flee to the enemy?

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