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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Canto I, who do angels visit (33)?
(a) Youths.
(b) Babes in arms.
(c) Virgins.
(d) Young men.

2. Like whose tripod does a cooking pot walk?
(a) Plato's.
(b) Homer's.
(c) Socrates'.
(d) Aristotle's.

3. After death, where do the minds of women slide away?
(a) Earth.
(b) Water.
(c) Air.
(d) Heaven.

4. In Canto I, what guardian prolongs Belinda's rest?
(a) Sylph.
(b) Salamander.
(c) Nymph.
(d) Gnome.

5. What does Belinda wish she had done instead of going to Hampton Court?
(a) Stayed home and read a book.
(b) Stayed home and said her prayers.
(c) Stayed home and worked her embroiderly.
(d) Stayed home and walked in the gardens.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the sylphs help Belinda during the card game in Canto III?

2. Where are angels seen in the Cave of Spleen?

3. Why did Pope revise the poem?

4. What suit does the Baron play after successes in Ombre (75)?

5. What flies over the palace in the Cave of Spleen?

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