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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Abstinence represent?

2. Who has the ability to be any woman?

3. Fals-Semblance says a priest gets rich due to which of the following?

4. What are countours referring to?

5. Who are Fals-Semblance's parents?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Reason personify fortune?

2. What advice does Vekke give to Bialacoil?

3. What does Reason say about rich people?

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

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

6. Why is it important to consider historical context when the reader reads about Reason's arguments?

7. Describe Fals-Semblance.

8. What does Reason say about marriages producing children?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the narrator fall in love? How is the feeling of falling in love described? Why is it described this way?

Essay Topic 2

Why is it important to consider the historical context of a poem like The Romance of the Rose? What historical background should a reader know before they begin reading The Romance of the Rose? How does this historical information influence the reading experience?

Essay Topic 3

Describe in detail one of the characters in Sir Mirth's court. How does the physical appearance of this character influence the way the reader views this character? How does the physical appearance of this character relate to his or her personality or behavior? Why is this significant?

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