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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Pandarus tell his niece to stop doing when she hears about the trade?
(a) Sulking.
(b) Plotting.
(c) Yelling.
(d) Crying.

2. What does Troilus do when he sees how sad Criseyde has become in Pandarus's house?
(a) He faints.
(b) He cries.
(c) He vomits.
(d) He holds her.

3. What does Criseyde tell Troilus has saddened her?
(a) His pain.
(b) His jealousy.
(c) His urgency.
(d) His suicidal thoughts.

4. Who does Pandarus talk to about his shame?
(a) Criseyde.
(b) Helen.
(c) Hector.
(d) Troilus.

5. Who calls for a truce in the war?
(a) The Greeks.
(b) The Trojans.
(c) The Moors.
(d) The Romans.

6. What is Troilus pretending when he and Criseyde first talk?
(a) To be sad.
(b) To be in love.
(c) To be sick.
(d) To be busy.

7. How are Priam and Troilus related?
(a) They are cousins.
(b) Priam is Troilus' uncle.
(c) Priam is Troilus' father.
(d) Priam is Troilus' godfather.

8. What is the focus of the long speech that Troilus delivers to Pandarus?
(a) Predestination.
(b) Love.
(c) Fortune.
(d) The gods.

9. What does Criseyde do when Troilus agrees to her conditions?
(a) She embraces him.
(b) She kisses him.
(c) She writes out a contract.
(d) She blushes and walks away.

10. Troilus states that Pandarus has never been successful with which of the following?
(a) Politics.
(b) Money.
(c) War.
(d) Love.

11. What does Criseyde do as she nears Troilus for the first time?
(a) Kisses him.
(b) Sings to him.
(c) Yells at him.
(d) Kneels to him.

12. How does Criseyde plan to thwart the trade?
(a) By running away with Troilus.
(b) By offering herself instead.
(c) By moving in with Pandarus.
(d) By starving herself.

13. The beginning of Book IV is about which of the following?
(a) Venus.
(b) The Sirens.
(c) Chaucer.
(d) Troilus and Criseyde.

14. What does Troilus devote himself to doing following the dinner with Criseyde?
(a) Keeping his promise.
(b) Saving his money.
(c) Fighting the Greeks.
(d) Thinking about Criseyde.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who takes Antenor prisoner?

2. What does Criseyde say that Troilus is acting like when they speak at Pandarus' house?

3. Where does Troilus deliver a long speech to Pandarus?

4. Who does Troilus think has abandoned him after the meeting focusing on ransoms?

5. What does Pandarus beg of Criseyde when she meets Troilus for the first time?

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