The Faerie Queene
by Edmund Spenser (excerpt)

So well accorded forth they rode together
In friendly sort, that lasted but a while;
And of all old dislikes they made faire weather,
Yet all was forg'd and spred with golden foyle,
That vnder it hidde hate and hollow guyle.
Ne certes can that friendship long endure,
How euer gay and goodly be the style,
That doth ill cause or euill end enure:
For vertue is the band, that bindeth harts most sure.

Question

The Faerie Queene 
by Edmund Spenser (excerpt) 

So well accorded forth they rode together 
In friendly sort, that lasted but a while; 
And of all old dislikes they made faire weather, 
Yet all was forg'd and spred with golden foyle, 
That vnder it hidde hate and hollow guyle. 
Ne certes can that friendship long endure, 
How euer gay and goodly be the style, 
That doth ill cause or euill end enure: 
For vertue is the band, that bindeth harts most sure.

anonymous · Answer

Which of these themes does Edmund Spenser explore in the excerpt? 
A)the imperfection of human relationships 
B)the opposition of religion and humanism 
C)sincerity in personal relations 
D)choices between friendship and duty

kiakat · Answer

I would say A

if you really look at the contest of the excerpt, it's talking about how there were these two people who were riding as friends, but they'd had some arguments (or dislikes as it says) in the past. And they'd made it seem as though nothing had happened, but they really didnt like each other XD "Yet all was forg'd and spred with golden foyle, That vnder it hidde hate and hollow guyle."