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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does Criseyde say that she needs to come up with a plan to escape from the Greeks?
(a) 40 days.
(b) 30 days.
(c) 20 days.
(d) 10 days.

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

3. What does Chaucer ask for help with in Book III?
(a) Utilizing language.
(b) Honoring love.
(c) Explaining his feelings.
(d) Forgetting his woes.

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

5. Who cares for Troilus after the dinner with Criseyde?
(a) Criseyde.
(b) Deiphenebe.
(c) Helen.
(d) Pandarus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Criseyde feel the way that she does about her father?

2. Why is Troilus on the committee to decide the trades in the treaty?

3. Who does Pandarus talk to about his shame?

4. What does Pandarus tell his niece to stop doing when she hears about the trade?

5. Where does Criseyde go after hearing about the trade?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Pandarus begin to feel shameful about his actions?

2. How does Criseyde feel about her father, and why?

3. Why does Calkas want to trade Antenor for Criseyde?

4. Why does Troilus curse the sun?

5. Why does Troilus not oppose the trade of Criseyde for Antenor?

6. What is Criseyde's question and Troilus' response to same following his fainting spell?

7. What does Chaucer ask for guidance with in Book III?

8. What was Criseyde's first plan to thwart the trade of herself to the Greeks?

9. Why does Hector oppose the trade of Criseyde for Antenor?

10. What excuse does Troilus give for believing the rumors about Criseyde's unfaithfulness?

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