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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. What is Dread afraid of?
(a) The narrator.
(b) Dreaming.
(c) Love.
(d) His own shadow.

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

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

4. How old was the narrator when he had the dream he describes?
(a) 20.
(b) 15.
(c) 25.
(d) 10.

5. In what month does the narrator's dream occur?
(a) September.
(b) March.
(c) May.
(d) December.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is true about the presence of time in The Romance of the Rose?

2. Who is Shame's father?

3. Who wakes up Jealousy?

4. Which of the following demonstrates the narrator's lamentations?

5. Who does Jealousy want to lock away?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the story of Narcissus an example of foreshadowing?

2. How is Dread a caricature?

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

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

5. What message does the allegory relay about the way a woman reacts to a man's interest?

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

7. Who is Vekke?

8. What does love feel like for the narrator?

9. What does Bialacoil represent in the allegory?

10. What does Daunger represent?

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