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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. According to Cupid, what is the purpose of ribaudes?
(a) To advance previous ideas.
(b) To improve intelligence.
(c) To make people happy.
(d) To criticize courtly love.

2. What does Venus give advice to Bialacoil about?
(a) Jealousy.
(b) Childbearing.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Adultery.

3. What are countours referring to?
(a) Teachers.
(b) Accountants.
(c) Mathematicians.
(d) Cashiers.

4. Which character is representative of pleasant thoughts?
(a) Dreamer.
(b) Bialacoil.
(c) Sweet Thought.
(d) Vekke.

5. What does Nature give to the narrator?
(a) Two books.
(b) Two hammers.
(c) Two bags.
(d) Two flowers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Reason compares courtly love to which of the following?

2. Reason describes which of the following as immoral?

3. What is the narrator's view of the arguments that Reason makes?

4. Who does Reason cite as an authority for friendship?

5. What does Fals-Semblance disguise himself as?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Reason describe as the benefits of friendship?

2. What advice does Vekke give to Bialacoil?

3. How does Reason relate love to the feudal system?

4. What is the consequence of having multiple authors for The Romance of the Rose?

5. What immorality does Reason describe?

6. Why does the narrator listen to Reason's arguments?

7. What is Reason a mouthpiece for?

8. What does Reason say about rich people?

9. What role does misogyny play in The Romance of the Rose?

10. What are the main differences between Venus and Cupid?

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