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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Lines 7337-7698.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whose barons agree to help the narrator?
(a) Venus.
(b) Shame.
(c) Mirth.
(d) Cupid.

3. Who does Wikked-Tunge especially villify?
(a) Lovers.
(b) Parents.
(c) Widows.
(d) Women.

4. Who prevents Bialacoil from granting the narrator's request for a kiss?
(a) Chastity.
(b) Cupid.
(c) Mirth.
(d) Venus.

5. What do the things painted on the wall represent?
(a) Heroes.
(b) People who live inside.
(c) Vices not allowed inside.
(d) People who have visited in the past.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the allegory where the rose represents the woman, who will she not defy?

2. Which characters rally with Sweet Thought?

3. What is the relationship between Curtesie and Bialacoil?

4. What does Reason compare good fortune to?

5. Reason says that what number is the best for friendship?

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