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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. Cupid suggests that people prize which of the following?

2. What does the narrator see at the bottom of the well?

3. Who invites the narrator to dance first?

4. What does Wikked-Tunge represent?

5. Who snarls at and then chases the narrator in the rose garden?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Dread a caricature?

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

3. What is Jealousy's allegorical meaning?

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

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

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

7. Who is Vekke?

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

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

10. Who is Bialacoil?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What purpose does Reason's character serve in The Romance of the Rose? Does he contribute to the plot? Does he contribute to De Lorris's criticisms of the church? Why might De Lorris choose to include his arguments with the narrator?

Essay Topic 2

Describe three instances of foreshadowing evident in The Romance of the Rose. What does each example foreshadow? What literary devices contribute to the use of foreshadowing?

Essay Topic 3

What qualities and characteristics does Cupid apply to good lovers and suitors? Does the narrator agree with Cupid? In what ways are Cupid's ideas of good lovers and suitors conflicted?

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