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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 Clarissa believe that beauties can do in "vain" (33)?
(a) Shrug their shoulders.
(b) Beg.
(c) Plead.
(d) Roll their eyes.

2. To whom is The Rape of the Lock dedicated?
(a) Mrs. Charlotte Gunwalloe.
(b) Mrs. Berenice Boyton.
(c) Mrs. Hyacinth Lamorran.
(d) Mrs. Arabella Fermor.

3. What color are Ariel's wings?
(a) Red.
(b) Blue.
(c) Purple.
(d) Green.

4. Who would kiss the cross that Belinda wore?
(a) Jews.
(b) Pagans.
(c) Moors.
(d) Atheists.

5. How is Belinda referred to in Canto V?
(a) Dido.
(b) Juturna.
(c) Venus.
(d) Juno.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do not die with a woman?

2. Who returns from the Exchange in peace in Canto III?

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

4. What do the Gnomes or Daemons of Earth delight in?

5. How many times do the sylphs pull on the diamond in Belinda's ear when the Baron gets close with scissors?

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