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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 does Chaucer ask the reader to withhold at the beginning of Book II?

2. What does the narrator say helps Criseyde outshine all the other women?

3. Where was Hector wounded?

4. What does Pandarus tell Criseyde that the dream that she had the night of the festival is likely to bring to her?

5. How does Pandarus decide that it is a good time to see Criseyde?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Troilus respond to his first letter from Crisedye?

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

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

4. How did Troilus fall in love with Criseyde?

5. How does Antigone affect Criseyde's decision about Troilus?

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

7. What does Troilus do after talking with Pandarus?

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

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

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

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

How was Troilus betrayed in this book, and why was he so surprised in those instances?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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