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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 does the narrator claim to regret?
(a) Entering the garden.
(b) Falling asleep.
(c) Kissing the rose.
(d) Falling in love.

2. Who does Cupid scold for retreating?
(a) The narrator.
(b) Reason.
(c) Venus.
(d) Richesse.

3. When talking with Reason, which character plays devil's advocate?
(a) Shame.
(b) Bialacoil.
(c) The narrator.
(d) Genius.

4. Who criticizes William Seynt Amour?
(a) Bialacoil and Vekke.
(b) Fals-Semblance and Hypocrisy.
(c) Cupid and the narrator.
(d) Venus and Cupid.

5. What is the narrator's view of the arguments that Reason makes?
(a) Reason is rambling.
(b) Reason does not make any sense.
(c) Reason is jealous of him.
(d) Reason is only trying to hurt him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do Fals-Semblance and Abstinence negotiate with?

2. What does Cupid vow to do?

3. Who are Fals-Semblance's parents?

4. The narrator's argument with Reason helps shift the story from allegory to what type of story?

5. What can Sikernesse be interpreted as?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What message does Fals-Semblance send to the reader?

3. How do Fals-Semblance and Abstinence work together?

4. What does Reason say about rich people?

5. According to reason, what is Age?

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

7. What does Cupid's laughter represent in his discussion with Fals-Semblance?

8. What immorality does Reason describe?

9. What advice does Vekke give to Bialacoil?

10. What criticisms of the church does The Romance of the Rose offer?

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