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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. What is the relationship between Curtesie and Bialacoil?
(a) Sister and brother.
(b) Father and son.
(c) Cousins.
(d) Mother and son.

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

3. Which character argues with the narrator, convincing him of many points outside the castle?
(a) Vekke.
(b) Reason.
(c) Logic.
(d) Sweet Thought.

4. Reason associates courtly love with which of the following?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Children.
(c) Adultery.
(d) Broken hearts.

5. What do Fals-Semblance and Abstinence do to Wikked-Tunge?
(a) Kidnap him.
(b) Cut out his tongue.
(c) Chop off his head.
(d) Tie him up.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is compared to the feudal system?

2. What has happened to the narrator when Fals-Semblance and Abstinence are negotiating?

3. Reason describes which of the following as immoral?

4. What is Cupid's laughter when talking to Fals-Semblance interpreted as?

5. What tone does De Lorris use in describing Cupid's oath?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What immorality does Reason describe?

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

4. Is the overall tone of The Romance of the Rose optimistic or cynical?

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

6. What happens to the narrator when Fals-Semblance takes over the plan, and why?

7. How is hope rallied in the text?

8. What advice does Vekke give to Bialacoil?

9. What is Reason a mouthpiece for?

10. How does Reason personify fortune?

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