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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In this allegory, how is it assumed that a woman will respond to a man?
(a) Gingerly.
(b) Eagerly.
(c) Wickedly.
(d) Coldly.

2. Why does the style of The Romance of the Rose change so much after a certain point?
(a) The narrator's feelings change quickly.
(b) The text gets a new author.
(c) The narrator wakes up.
(d) The story is divided into a beginning and an ending.

3. The narrator now knows what it is like to be in which of the following?
(a) Great pain.
(b) Venus's garden.
(c) Love's service.
(d) Cupid's hold.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What role does Hope take?

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

3. The narrator is advised that using what is the best way to enter the castle?

4. Who admits to abusing his wife?

5. What does Reason say he will keep the narrator safe from?

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