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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which adjective best describes the couples in the garden?

2. How old is the narrator at the time he is discussing the dream?

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

4. What role does Hope take?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is the narrator's request to kiss the rose a turning point in the novel?

3. What is Good Hope?

4. What does Bialacoil represent in the allegory?

5. What is allegorical about the rose in the garden?

6. Who is Bialacoil?

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

8. What is the significance of the springtime in the story?

9. What does Bialacoil represent when he is locked away?

10. Describe one of the characters at court in the garden.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is the setting so significant to the dream? What parallels between the story and the season in which the dream is set are present? Why are they significant?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the role of sympathy the reader might have while reading The Romance of the Rose. How does the reader's sympathy shift from the narrator to the rose? What causes this shift to occur?

Essay Topic 3

Is the tone of The Romance of the Rose more cynical or optimistic? Point out at least five pieces of evidence.

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