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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 do Fals-Semblance and Abstinence negotiate with?
(a) Bialacoil.
(b) Cupid.
(c) Shame.
(d) Wikked-Tunge.

2. Who advises the narrator on the best way to enter the castle?
(a) Frend.
(b) Cupid.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Reason.

3. Which character is representative of pleasant thoughts?
(a) Sweet Thought.
(b) Vekke.
(c) Bialacoil.
(d) Dreamer.

4. According to Reason, true friends provide which of the following first?
(a) Love.
(b) Support.
(c) Kindness.
(d) Honesty.

5. Reason associates courtly love with which of the following?
(a) Children.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Adultery.
(d) Broken hearts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character bemoans that all men are prone to falling in love?

2. What has happened to the narrator when Fals-Semblance and Abstinence are negotiating?

3. Reason says that a paramour is which of the following?

4. Vekke says that women should try to get which of the following?

5. What is Reason's view of sex?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the topics and themes in The Romance of the Rose change with the change in authors?

2. What happens to the narrator when Fals-Semblance takes over the plan, and why?

3. How does Cupid respond to Fals-Semblance?

4. How does Reason personify fortune?

5. How does Cupid's discussion of prostitution and courtly love appear cynical?

6. What are the main differences between Venus and Cupid?

7. What does Reason say about marriages producing children?

8. What role does misogyny play in The Romance of the Rose?

9. How does Reason relate love to the feudal system?

10. What does Reason describe as the benefits of friendship?

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