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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do sylphs guard the purity of maidens?
(a) Balls and masquerades.
(b) Parties and games.
(c) Strolls and dinners.
(d) Gradens and drawing rooms.

2. What do not die with a woman?
(a) Her memories.
(b) Her dreams.
(c) Her vanities.
(d) Her loves.

3. In Canto II, what does Belinda wear on her breast?
(a) Gold cross.
(b) Silver cross.
(c) White cross.
(d) Ruby cross.

4. What does Ariel say that the sylphs can give their charges in dreams?
(a) Innovation.
(b) Motivation.
(c) Impetus.
(d) Invention.

5. How are the people described who are present when Belinda appears in Canto II?
(a) Young ladies and young men.
(b) Fair nymphs and well-dressed youth.
(c) Lovely young women and handsome young men.
(d) Sylphs and gnomes.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Canto I, from what motive did a dire offence occur (1)?

2. How many French romances did the Baron burn?

3. What falls to the ground in Canto I when the bell is rung?

4. Who would adore the cross that Belinda wore?

5. How are the wings of the sylph and his denizens described?

(see the answer key)

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