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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the relationship between Curtesie and Bialacoil?
(a) Cousins.
(b) Mother and son.
(c) Father and son.
(d) Sister and brother.

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

3. Which activity does Reason condemn?
(a) Prostitution.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Abstinence.
(d) Spending money.

4. 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) Cliche.
(b) Epiphany.
(c) Irony.
(d) Alliteration.

5. The God of Love, according to Reason, stresses which of the following?
(a) Egocentricity.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Secrecy.
(d) Idoltry.

6. Reason says that the narrator will regret doing what with the woman he loves?
(a) Loving her.
(b) Having sex with her.
(c) Forgetting about her.
(d) Spending time with her.

7. What does Fals-Semblance compare himself to?
(a) A wild animal.
(b) A nun.
(c) A priest.
(d) A villain.

8. Which character bemoans that all men are prone to falling in love?
(a) The narrator.
(b) Reason.
(c) Wikked-Tunge.
(d) Jealousy.

9. What is a miser, according to Reason?
(a) One who hoards money.
(b) One who hoards popularity.
(c) One who spends money.
(d) One who wastes popularity.

10. What does Reason compare good fortune to?
(a) A jealous brother.
(b) A kindly mother.
(c) An angry father.
(d) A gentle lover.

11. What does Cupid promise to reveal to the narrator?
(a) The art of prayer.
(b) The art of hope.
(c) The art of lust.
(d) The art of love.

12. What ability does Fals-Semblance boast?
(a) Ability to love others wholly.
(b) Ability to disguise himself.
(c) Ability to punish others.
(d) Ability to fake chastity.

13. What do Fals-Semblance and Abstinence negotiate for?
(a) Bialacoil's release.
(b) To close down the church.
(c) To pick the rose.
(d) For permission to leave court.

14. The narrator is advised that using what is the best way to enter the castle?
(a) Generosity.
(b) Courtesy.
(c) Hope.
(d) Prayer.

15. Who does Cupid say will become the king of ribaudes?
(a) Fals-Semblance.
(b) Chastity.
(c) Bialacoil.
(d) The narrator.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cupid vow to do?

2. Reason encourages the narrator to be which of the following?

3. Reasons says that part of the joy and mirth of love is doing which of the following?

4. What can Hardinesse help overcome?

5. Which characters rally with Sweet Thought?

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