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

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

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

4. Where is the narrator hit by Cupid's arrows?
(a) Heart.
(b) Back.
(c) Leg.
(d) Head.

5. What trait is most associated with courtly love?
(a) Eagerness.
(b) Anger.
(c) Youth.
(d) Hesitance.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Reason say is a bad master?

2. How many arrows does cupid shoot at the narrator?

3. Who does the narrator discover has died at the well he sits near?

4. What does the narrator sit down below after seeing the couples in the garden?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe one of the characters at court in the garden.

2. What are De Lorris's three motives for writing The Romance of the Rose?

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

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

5. How is allegory used in The Romance of the Rose?

6. Describe Reason.

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

8. How is Dread a caricature?

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

10. Describe the change that occurs in the writing style in the middle of the book.

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