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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book IV.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who enters the room shortly after Troilus agrees to Criseyde's demands?
(a) Hector.
(b) Augustus.
(c) Helen.
(d) Antigone.

2. What does Pandarus say makes women lonely in old age?
(a) Staying indoors.
(b) Rising above love.
(c) Being unkind.
(d) Wearing black.

3. How does Pandarus say that Criseyde can help Troilus?
(a) By seeing him.
(b) By giving him a kind word.
(c) By writing to him.
(d) By leaving the city.

4. Why does Pandarus say that he did the things that made him feel ashamed?
(a) Because he trusts Troilus.
(b) Because he wants his niece to be happy.
(c) Because he likes to meddle.
(d) Because he wants to feel important.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following persons does Chaucer call on for help in Book II?

2. How does Pandarus convince Criseyde to spend the night at his house?

3. How does Chaucer describe Troilus' condition at the beginning of Book II?

4. Why does Troilus say that Pandarus is free from all shame?

5. How does Troilus feel when Criseyde greets him the way that she does?

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