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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 does the narrator discover has died at the well he sits near?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Cupid.
(c) Narcissus.
(d) His own father.

2. What role does Hope take?
(a) Pressurer.
(b) Antagonizer.
(c) Comforter.
(d) Educator.

3. What are gunnes?
(a) Spikes.
(b) Mirrors.
(c) Walls.
(d) Cannons.

4. Who wakes up Jealousy?
(a) Bialacoil.
(b) Shame.
(c) Venus.
(d) Wikked-Tunge.

5. Cupid is described through a metaphor as which of the following?
(a) Visionary.
(b) Hunter.
(c) Lover.
(d) Fighter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who invites the narrator to dance first?

2. In the allegory, what does the woman shut the man out of?

3. The people in the court are representative of which of the following?

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

5. Who are Venus's children?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe one of the vices painted on the garden wall.

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

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

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

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

6. Asses the arguments Reason makes about the pain of love and the need to control emotions.

7. Who is Bialacoil?

8. Who is Vekke?

9. Why isn't Hope an allegorical character?

10. What does Daunger represent?

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