View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who admits to abusing his wife?
(a) Wikked-Tunge.
(b) Jealousy.
(c) Shame.
(d) Cupid.

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

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

4. What does Cupid promise to reveal to the narrator?
(a) The art of lust.
(b) The art of prayer.
(c) The art of love.
(d) The art of hope.

5. What does Reason say he will keep the narrator safe from?
(a) Lust.
(b) Fortune.
(c) Shame.
(d) Popularity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is most distinct about the change in style of the novel?

2. The new style that takes over The Romance of the Rose focuses on what kind of traits?

3. What does Cupid begin to question?

4. Who snarls at and then chases the narrator in the rose garden?

5. In this allegory, how is it assumed that a woman will respond to a man?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 211 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample