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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What literary device is used in the phrase "in one ear and out the other," which is used in The Romance of the Rose?
(a) Epiphany.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Cliche.
(d) Irony.

2. What is Cupid's laughter when talking to Fals-Semblance interpreted as?
(a) Criticism of courtly love.
(b) Criticism of faith.
(c) Criticism of intelligence.
(d) Criticism of lust.

3. Wealth is a result of what, according to Reason?
(a) Good fortune.
(b) Good health.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Hard work.

4. What tone does De Lorris use in describing Cupid's oath?
(a) Adventurous.
(b) Melancholy.
(c) Cynical.
(d) Optimistic.

5. What is compared to the feudal system?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Embarrassment.
(c) Lust.
(d) Love.

6. Who do Fals-Semblance and Abstinence negotiate with?
(a) Cupid.
(b) Shame.
(c) Bialacoil.
(d) Wikked-Tunge.

7. Who does Fals-Semblance refuse to help?
(a) The abstinent.
(b) The poor.
(c) The unfaithful.
(d) The honest.

8. Which of the following is true of Fals-Semblance?
(a) He does not criticize love.
(b) Part of him is hypocritical.
(c) He is not critical of the church.
(d) Part of him is truly faithful.

9. Who has the ability to be any woman?
(a) The narrator.
(b) Bialacoil.
(c) Abstinence.
(d) Venus.

10. Who are Fals-Semblance's parents?
(a) Ipocrisy and Chastity.
(b) Gyle and Ipocrisy.
(c) Gyle and Chastity.
(d) Abstinence and Ipocrisy.

11. Who is describes as being a cruel overlord by Reason?
(a) Shame.
(b) Love.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Mirth.

12. Genius or Kinde are references to which of the following?
(a) Love.
(b) Nature.
(c) Acceptance.
(d) Peace.

13. Reasons says that part of the joy and mirth of love is doing which of the following?
(a) Communicating.
(b) Fighting.
(c) Experiencing nonlustful love.
(d) Having children.

14. When was "Gospel Perdurable" published?
(a) 1395.
(b) 1255.
(c) 1295.
(d) 1355.

15. According to Reason, what causes the popularity of a rich person to be lost?
(a) Covetousness is gained.
(b) Love is lost.
(c) Wealth is lost.
(d) Happiness is gained.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a miser, according to Reason?

2. Who keeps the castle gate?

3. What do Fals-Semblance and Abstinence do to Wikked-Tunge?

4. According to Reason, repentance leads to which of the following?

5. The God of Love, according to Reason, stresses which of the following?

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