Test Questions

"Save one thing, lordè, if it your will be,    

That for to be a wedded man you lest;     

Then were your people in sovereign heartès' rest" (Chaucer 110-113).

1. Why, according to the text, did Walter all the sudden agree to get married?
    A. To save his wealth and image
    B. To put the society at ease
    C. To impress Walter's father
    D. To create more freedom for himself, giving her more responsibility
    E. He was forced to become married

"That he ne might out of his heartè throw 

This marvellous desire his wife t'assay;    

Natheless, God wot, he thought her for t'affray" (Chaucer 453-455).

2. Of the following, which best describes what the passage above means?

    A. God was upset at their marriage

    B. Walter was unhappy with Grisleda

    C. Walter is afraid of his actions, because he is aware that God is always watching

    D. Griselda was showing uncommitted signs 

    E. Walter will now test his wife, and God will be the judge of how she reacts

“His eyen two, and wondereth that she may  

In patïencè suffer all this array;      

And forth he goes with dreary countenance,  

But to his heart it was full great pleasance” (Chaucer 669-672).

3. In other words, what is the text above saying?

    A. Both Walter and Griselda are suffering

    B. Walter enjoys putting reason on Griselda to suffer while he tests her loyalty

    C. Griselda secretly is not suffering, and Walter can see that

    D. Walter is confused as to if his wife is even suffering from his tests

    E. Walter suffers with Griselda no matter how many pleasant things occur in his life