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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. Who does Criseyde take to her uncle's house for dinner?

2. How does Criseyde feel when she hears about the trade?

3. Who does Pandarus praise when Troilus agrees to Criseyde's conditions?

4. What does Chaucer say that he hopes to honor in Book III?

5. What does Criseyde do when she sees Troilus for the first time after hearing about the trade?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Criseyde say to Troilus as she leaves him for the trade?

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

4. What does Troilus pretend to do while at the dinner party at his brother's house?

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

6. What happens when Troilus and Criseyde meet before the trade takes place?

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

8. What is the focus of the long speech that Troilus delivers to Pandarus?

9. What does Criseyde promise Troilus while they are at the dinner party?

10. What does Pandarus make Troilus promise when Troilus eases his guilt?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which character did you relate with the most in this book? Why was that? How did that character change throughout the book?

Essay Topic 2

What role does symbolism play in the story and where does it appear? How is the plot altered by the presence of those symbols?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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