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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. The main point that Fals-Semblance argues is that the preferable holy way of living is to do what?
(a) Hide one's true nature.
(b) Earn an honest living.
(c) Become rich quickly.
(d) Be safe.

2. What does Abstinence represent?
(a) Self-imposed punishment.
(b) Self-imposed or faked chastity.
(c) Honest and genuine chastity.
(d) Fake faith in religion.

3. Who has the ability to be any woman?
(a) Abstinence.
(b) Bialacoil.
(c) The narrator.
(d) Venus.

4. What is corrupted in the description Fals-Semlance provides?
(a) Castle.
(b) Church.
(c) Government.
(d) Society.

5. What is a miser, according to Reason?
(a) One who hoards popularity.
(b) One who wastes popularity.
(c) One who hoards money.
(d) One who spends money.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Reason warns about giving and receiving gifts, how does the narrator react?

2. Who does Cupid say will become the king of ribaudes?

3. When talking with Reason, which character plays devil's advocate?

4. Who admits to abusing his wife?

5. What do Fals-Semblance and Abstinence do to Wikked-Tunge?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. According to Reason, what is Youth?

4. How is hope rallied in the text?

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

6. How does Cupid respond to Fals-Semblance?

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

8. What immorality does Reason describe?

9. What plan is put in place for the narrator to get the woman he loves?

10. How is Fals-Semblance comparable to a priest?

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