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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Pope want his audience to laugh at?
(a) Their friends.
(b) Their dramas.
(c) Their follies.
(d) Their lives.

2. What do the queens on the Ombre cards hold?
(a) Jewels.
(b) Lap dogs.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Tea cups.

3. How are the kings described on the Ombre cards?
(a) Full beards and silver hair.
(b) Shoulder length hair and mustaches.
(c) Hoary whiskers and a forky beard.
(d) Crowns on shoulder length hair and no facial hair.

4. How many garters did the Baron burn?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 5.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do people respond when Belinda rejects them?

2. In Canto I, at what time do sleepless lovers wake (16)?

3. What colors is the ancient handmaid wearing in the Cave of the Spleen?

4. How many sylphs are cut in two when the Baron cuts the lock from Belinda's head?

5. How are the people described who are present when Belinda appears in Canto II?

(see the answer key)

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