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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In this allegory, how is it assumed that a woman will respond to a man?
(a) Eagerly.
(b) Coldly.
(c) Wickedly.
(d) Gingerly.

2. What kind of pain does Reason argue about?
(a) Pain of ignorance.
(b) Pain of logic.
(c) Pain of happiness.
(d) Pain of love.

3. What is most distinct about the change in style of the novel?
(a) It focuses on a new character.
(b) It is long-winded.
(c) It loses focus on the allegory.
(d) It is concise.

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

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

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

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

8. Which adjective best describes the guards of the castle?
(a) Angry.
(b) Nonexistent.
(c) Relaxed.
(d) Vigilant.

9. In the allegory, what does the woman shut the man out of?
(a) Fear of commitment.
(b) Fear of heartbreak.
(c) Fear of love.
(d) Fear of punishment.

10. Who is Shame's father?
(a) Trespass.
(b) Cupid.
(c) Courtesy.
(d) Mirth.

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

12. Who does Shame debate with?
(a) Jealousy.
(b) Cupid.
(c) Venus.
(d) The narrator.

13. What does the narrator sit down below after seeing the couples in the garden?
(a) Awning.
(b) Willow tree.
(c) Pine tree.
(d) Elm tree.

14. Who snarls at and then chases the narrator in the rose garden?
(a) Bialacoil.
(b) Wikked-Tunge.
(c) Venus.
(d) Daunger.

15. What is Daunger most associated with?
(a) Beauty.
(b) Social status.
(c) Abstinence.
(d) Financial success.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator now knows what it is like to be in which of the following?

2. What is distinct about Wikked-Tungue's appearance?

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

4. Who is described as an old hag?

5. Who stalks the narrator in the garden?

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