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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 does Reason compare good fortune to?

2. The narrator regrets which character's presence the most?

3. What is a miser, according to Reason?

4. Reason compares courtly love to which of the following?

5. The narrator is advised that using what is the best way to enter the castle?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Cupid respond to Fals-Semblance?

3. What does Reason say about marriages producing children?

4. According to reason, what is Age?

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

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

7. How does Cupid's discussion of prostitution and courtly love appear cynical?

8. Describe Frend.

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

10. What does Reason say about rich people?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Reason discusses the differences between Youth and Age. Describe these differences and the message Reason hopes to convey about both characteristics. Is Reason right about the differences between Youth and Age?

Essay Topic 2

Why is it important to consider the historical context of a poem like The Romance of the Rose? What historical background should a reader know before they begin reading The Romance of the Rose? How does this historical information influence the reading experience?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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