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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. Why does Cupid get mad at Troilus?

2. Who does Chaucer address at the beginning of Book I?

3. What is Chaucer's plea at the beginning of Book II?

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

5. How are Pandarus and Criseyde related?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Chaucer say is his intent in writing this story?

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. What does Chaucer say about Criseyde's first sight of Troilus?

5. How did Troilus fall in love with Criseyde?

6. What does Pandarus lecture Troilus about when he hears that Troilus is in love?

7. What does Pandarus tell Troilus to do after he returns from his visit with Criseyde?

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

9. In the introduction, how does Chaucer say that the book will end?

10. Why does Troilus say that he must always keep his love for Criseyde a secret?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Despair was a theme that was placed in a number of sensitive places in this plot. What are some of those places, and what role did despair play in this book?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

When did Chaucer directly address the reader, what did he say, and how did these instances affect the tone of the Poem?

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