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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is off-limits for courtly love, according to Cupid?
(a) Holding hands.
(b) Crude talk.
(c) Talking about nature.
(d) Giving presents.

2. The narrator's longing to enter the garden mirrors which reference?
(a) A reference to Sophocles.
(b) A holiday wish.
(c) Alice's Wonderland.
(d) The garden of Eden.

3. What does De Lorris use to describe the garden?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Joy.
(c) Terror.
(d) Romantic.

4. What is the principle literary device in The Romance of the Rose?
(a) Allegory.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Metonymy.
(d) Metaphor.

5. Who does Shame protect the roses from?
(a) Venus.
(b) Cupid.
(c) Wikked-Tunge.
(d) Daunger.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator discover has died at the well he sits near?

2. What does the narrator sit down below after seeing the couples in the garden?

3. Where does the narrator go to seek love immediately after visiting the well?

4. Who does the "Art of Love" refer to?

5. Cupid is described through a metaphor as which of the following?

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