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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Canto V.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Belinda throw that the Gnomes direct and causes everyone to sneeze?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Flower petals.
(c) Snuff.
(d) Pepper.

2. Who had a bag he used to hold the winds that is similar to the bag the goddess gives Umbriel?
(a) Achilles.
(b) Ulysses.
(c) Odysseus.
(d) Hercules.

3. What is the name of the book where Pope learned about Rosicrucians?
(a) Artamene, ou le Grand Cyrus.
(b) Clelie, histoire romaine.
(c) Le Comte de Gabalis.
(d) Semaine amoureuse.

4. A branch of what healing plant does Umbriel carry through the Cave of Spleen?
(a) Crested Hart.
(b) Metallicum.
(c) Fortune's Cold.
(d) Spleenwort.

5. On what river can the sun be seen in Canto II?
(a) Thames.
(b) Clyde.
(c) Severn.
(d) Spey.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author sing about in Canto I (1)?

2. Where does the Baron wish to burn?

3. Where do sylphs guard the purity of maidens?

4. What do the spirits of troublesome women become?

5. How does Ariel introduce herself?

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