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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Lines 5877-6016.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Reason declares the vice of rich people to be which of the following?
(a) Misery.
(b) Jealousy.
(c) Shame.
(d) Covetousness.

2. Who are Venus's children?
(a) Cupid and Chastity.
(b) Cupid and Shame.
(c) Shame and Chastity.
(d) Chastity, Charity, and Courtesy.

3. Reason encourages the narrator to be which of the following?
(a) A prince.
(b) A warrior.
(c) An animal.
(d) A rebel.

4. What tone does De Lorris use in describing Cupid's oath?
(a) Cynical.
(b) Melancholy.
(c) Adventurous.
(d) Optimistic.

5. What is a miser, according to Reason?
(a) One who wastes popularity.
(b) One who hoards money.
(c) One who spends money.
(d) One who hoards popularity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following demonstrates the narrator's lamentations?

2. What kind of pain does Reason argue about?

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

4. Why does the style of The Romance of the Rose change so much after a certain point?

5. What is the name of the drink that Cupid vows not to drink?

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