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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character is most symbolic of punishment?
(a) Dread.
(b) Venus.
(c) Reason.
(d) Shame.

2. What is Pope-Hope representative of?
(a) Hypocrisy.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Alcoholism.
(d) Lust.

3. Who does Lechery declare war on?
(a) Chastity.
(b) Jealousy.
(c) Cupid.
(d) Shame.

4. Who is described as an old hag?
(a) Courtesy.
(b) Bialacoil.
(c) Vekke.
(d) The narrator.

5. Who or what does the narrator request to kiss?
(a) Chastity.
(b) The rose.
(c) Bialacoil.
(d) The garden wall.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the garden the narrator finds belong to?

2. The narrator discusses the tendency to look where for matters of love?

3. How old was the narrator when he had the dream he describes?

4. The narrator imagines the feeling of the kiss he requests as feeling like which of the following?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the tone De Lorris uses to describe the narrator's entrance to Mirth's garden.

2. What does Venus's presence in the rose garden mean?

3. What is the significance of the springtime in the story?

4. What does Bialacoil represent when he is locked away?

5. What is allegorical about the rose in the garden?

6. Describe the view of Narcissus that the narrator has.

7. How might the reader's sympathy shift as a result of the way the woman reacts to her suitor?

8. What is Jealousy's allegorical meaning?

9. Why is the narrator's request to kiss the rose a turning point in the novel?

10. What does Bialacoil represent in the allegory?

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