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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. What are countours referring to?

2. What is the name of the drink that Cupid vows not to drink?

3. What is the relationship between Curtesie and Bialacoil?

4. According to Reason, repentance leads to which of the following?

5. Genius or Kinde are references to which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Frend.

3. What is the consequence of having multiple authors for The Romance of the Rose?

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

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

6. What does Reason say about marriages producing children?

7. What advice does Vekke give to Bialacoil?

8. Why does Reason disapprove of gifts?

9. According to reason, what is Age?

10. What immorality does Reason describe?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does the narrator choose to share the dream with the reader? How can you tell throughout the novel that these motives are true?

Essay Topic 2

How does the narrator fall in love? How is the feeling of falling in love described? Why is it described this way?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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