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

2. What is at the beginning of Book III?
(a) A diagram.
(b) A poem.
(c) An ode.
(d) A legend.

3. Who is excited about the prisoner trade?
(a) Criseyde.
(b) Pandarus' wife.
(c) Criseyde's friends.
(d) Hector's wife.

4. Why does Pandarus want to arrange a last meeting between Troilus and Criseyde?
(a) So that they can bid farewell to each other.
(b) So that he can ask her to run away.
(c) So that they can be wed.
(d) So that they can agree on a plan.

5. Who does Pandarus praise when Troilus agrees to Criseyde's conditions?
(a) Zeus and Aphrodite.
(b) Portia and Apollo.
(c) Hera and Hermes.
(d) Venus and Cupid.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who cares for Troilus after the dinner with Criseyde?

3. Who does Pandarus falsely accuse of being in love with Criseyde?

4. What does Pandarus think will cause Troilus to kill himself?

5. What does Criseyde offer to send to Troilus when she hears the false rumor that Pandarus has made up?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Troilus calm Pandarus when the latter begins to feel ashamed?

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

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

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

5. How is Pandarus able to convince Troilus to speak with Criseyde before the trade takes place?

6. How does Pandarus try to cheer up Troilus upon first learning of the pending trade?

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

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

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

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

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