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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Lacuna 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The new style that takes over The Romance of the Rose focuses on what kind of traits?
(a) Physiological.
(b) Philosophical.
(c) Romantic.
(d) Natural.

2. Who does the narrator ask if he can pick the rose?
(a) Bialacoil.
(b) Daunger.
(c) Cupid.
(d) Courtesy.

3. What does Reason say he will keep the narrator safe from?
(a) Fortune.
(b) Popularity.
(c) Shame.
(d) Lust.

4. Where is the narrator chased to?
(a) Inside the castle.
(b) Inside the well.
(c) Behind a fountain.
(d) Outside the hedges.

5. The narrator is told that he must wait for which of the following before picking the rose?
(a) Wait for it to fall off on its own.
(b) Wait for it to be unguarded.
(c) Wait for it to open completely.
(d) Wait for it to wither and die.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cupid promise to reveal to the narrator?

2. Who advises the narrator on the best way to enter the castle?

3. In this allegory, how is it assumed that a woman will respond to a man?

4. The narrator now knows what it is like to be in which of the following?

5. One of the messages in The Romance of the Rose is that hope can do what to a lover?

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