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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is happening at the beginning of the poem?

2. Who does Pandarus visit after waking up?

3. What is Criseyde doing when Pandarus visits her?

4. Who protects Criseyde when the people want to kill her?

5. What does Pandarus do when he first wakes up?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Chaucer, how does Fortune generally work with men?

2. What does Pandarus say to Criseyde about Troilus when she asks about him?

3. What does Pandarus say when he hears who Troilus loves?

4. How did Troilus fall in love with Criseyde?

5. What does Crisedye decide to do about poor Troilus and his love for her?

6. How does Criseyde respond to the second meeting that she has with Pandarus?

7. What does Troilus do after talking with Pandarus?

8. What advice does Pandarus give Troilus after hearing how serious his love sickness is? How does Troilus respond?

9. What does Pandarus say Troilus should do before opting for death?

10. What is Fortune according to Chaucer?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was the image associated with Fate, and how did it come to play in the plot of the story?

Essay Topic 2

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places in which this theme appears, and how do the characters touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes those changes?

Essay Topic 3

What were some of the forms of foreshadowing used in this book, and how did those moments affect the course of the plot?

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