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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Lines 2951-3079.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The people in the court are representative of which of the following?
(a) Characteristics one may perceive everybody else to have.
(b) Characteristics desirable in oneself.
(c) Characteristics desirable in a lover.
(d) Characteristics undesirable in a lover.

2. What is ribaldry a reference to?
(a) Lust.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Dancing.
(d) Dirty jokes.

3. The narrator discusses the tendency to look where for matters of love?
(a) Dreams.
(b) Films.
(c) Books.
(d) The past.

4. Who does the garden the narrator finds belong to?
(a) Cupid.
(b) Mirth.
(c) Vilayn.
(d) Bialacoil.

5. How old is the narrator at the time he is discussing the dream?
(a) 25.
(b) 30.
(c) 35.
(d) 20.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the main symbol of love in The Romance of the Rose?

2. What trait is most associated with courtly love?

3. How many arrows does cupid shoot at the narrator?

4. What is off-limits for courtly love, according to Cupid?

5. What does fairsemblaunce represent?

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