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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color does Criseyde always wear?
(a) Red.
(b) Black.
(c) Green.
(d) White.

2. How does Troilus pass his judgment on others?
(a) With hand signals.
(b) With smiles and frowns.
(c) With notes in a book.
(d) With crosses and marks.

3. Why does Calkas flee to the enemy?
(a) He has always been a spy for them.
(b) He has important information for them.
(c) He has seen a vision that Troy will fall.
(d) He knows that his daughter is being held for ransom there.

4. Why does Troilus stop eating?
(a) Because he is lovesick.
(b) Because he is part of a ritual.
(c) Because he is fasting.
(d) Because he is conserving food.

5. What does Chaucer ask the reader to withhold at the beginning of Book II?
(a) Impatience for Pandarus.
(b) Curiosity about Criseyde.
(c) Hostility toward Calkas.
(d) Judgement for Troilus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Troilus say is his friend's biggest weakness?

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

3. How are Pandarus and Criseyde related?

4. Troilus always mocks others for which of the following?

5. What type of work is "The Siege of Thebes"?

(see the answer key)

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