The Romance of the Rose Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

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The Romance of the Rose Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the narrator go to seek love immediately after visiting the well?
(a) The rose garden.
(b) The castle.
(c) The fountains.
(d) The dining hall.

2. What is ribaldry a reference to?
(a) Dirty jokes.
(b) Dancing.
(c) Lust.
(d) Happiness.

3. What does Venus represent?
(a) Masculinity.
(b) Love.
(c) Sexuality.
(d) Femininity.

4. Which of the following demonstrates the narrator's lamentations?
(a) Poetry about love.
(b) Poetry about anger.
(c) Poetry about nature.
(d) Poetry about the castle.

5. One of the messages in The Romance of the Rose is that hope can do what to a lover?
(a) Hurt.
(b) Lose.
(c) Seek.
(d) Beguile.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who invites the narrator to dance first?

2. The narrator's longing to enter the garden mirrors which reference?

3. What is Dread afraid of?

4. What does the narrator see at the bottom of the well?

5. In the allegory, what does the woman shut the man out of?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the view of Narcissus that the narrator has.

2. How is allegory used in The Romance of the Rose?

3. Describe the change that occurs in the writing style in the middle of the book.

4. Describe Wikked-Tunge's appearance.

5. How can the rose in The Romance of the Rose be compared to Juliet from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet?

6. Describe one of the vices painted on the garden wall.

7. Why is the narrator's request to kiss the rose a turning point in the novel?

8. Why isn't Hope an allegorical character?

9. What does Bialacoil represent in the allegory?

10. Describe the tone De Lorris uses to describe the narrator's entrance to Mirth's garden.

(see the answer keys)

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