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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Lines 5811-5876.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Dread afraid of?
(a) Love.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Dreaming.
(d) His own shadow.

3. Who does Jealousy want to lock away?
(a) Lechery.
(b) Bialacoil.
(c) Venus.
(d) The narrator.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Lady Mirth say holds the key to the Garden of Mirth?

2. What can Sikernesse be interpreted as?

3. The narrator's argument with Reason helps shift the story from allegory to what type of story?

4. Reason associates courtly love with which of the following?

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

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