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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. What does Wikked-Tunge represent?
(a) Embarrassment.
(b) Danger.
(c) Anger.
(d) Gossip.

2. Cupid tells the narrator that a lover must shun which trait?
(a) Recreaundyse.
(b) Courtesy.
(c) Lust.
(d) Villainy.

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

4. What is Vilanye representative of?
(a) Hypocrisy.
(b) Eagerness.
(c) Rudeness.
(d) Embarrassment.

5. Where is the narrator hit by Cupid's arrows?
(a) Heart.
(b) Back.
(c) Head.
(d) Leg.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who touches Bialacoil with a torch?

2. Who is described as an old hag?

3. Who begins to build a castle?

4. In what way is Dread portrayed?

5. What does Venus represent?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is significant about the castle that Jealousy begins to build?

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

4. How is the story of Narcissus an example of foreshadowing?

5. Who is Vekke?

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

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

8. What does Daunger represent?

9. What is Jealousy's allegorical meaning?

10. Describe one of the characters at court in the garden.

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