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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Lines 4101-4276.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Lady Mirth say holds the key to the Garden of Mirth?
(a) Courtesy.
(b) Reason.
(c) Idleness.
(d) Shame.

2. Who does the narrator discover has died at the well he sits near?
(a) His own father.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Narcissus.
(d) Cupid.

3. What is true about the presence of time in The Romance of the Rose?
(a) Time moves very slowly.
(b) There is no sense of passing time.
(c) There is no need for a reference to time.
(d) Time passes very quickly.

4. Who does Lechery declare war on?
(a) Cupid.
(b) Jealousy.
(c) Chastity.
(d) Shame.

5. Who invites the narrator to dance first?
(a) Wikked-Tunge.
(b) Courtesy.
(c) Mirth.
(d) Bialacoil.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the allegory, what are shame and dread representative of?

2. Who does Shame protect the roses from?

3. How old is the narrator at the time he is discussing the dream?

4. Who does the narrator ask if he can pick the rose?

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

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