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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the sylph Zephyretta to look after that belongs to Belinda?
(a) Fan.
(b) Cross.
(c) Ring.
(d) Earrings.

2. What do angels wear in Canto I?
(a) Golden crowns and wreaths of heavenly flowers.
(b) Silver crowns and wreaths of laurel.
(c) Jewelled crowns.
(d) Golden chaplets entwined with vines.

3. To whom are secret truths revealed that are hidden from the educated?
(a) Maids and children.
(b) The elderly.
(c) Virgins.
(d) Maids and youths.

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

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

6. How many sylphs are to watch over Belinda's petticoat?
(a) 25.
(b) 50.
(c) 15.
(d) 5.

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

8. In Canto I, from what motive did a dire offence occur (1)?
(a) Ardent.
(b) Romantic.
(c) Amorous.
(d) Erotic.

9. Who would adore the cross that Belinda wore?
(a) Heathen.
(b) Infidels.
(c) Agnostics.
(d) Idolaters.

10. In Canto I, how many spirits fly round (41)?
(a) Unnumbered.
(b) 100s.
(c) 20-30.
(d) 1,000s.

11. What does Belinda dream of in Canto I?
(a) A handsome beau.
(b) An amorous suitor.
(c) A glittering youth.
(d) A lover.

12. How many times does the Baron blow on his fire to get it started?
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

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

14. When have the nurse and the priest told Belinda about when elves dance?
(a) Full moon.
(b) Moonlight.
(c) Midnight
(d) Dusk.

15. What does Ariel say that his task and the task of his denizens is?
(a) To protect young women.
(b) To guard virtue.
(c) To keep girls chaste.
(d) To look after the beautiful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What foundation did Pope use for the poem that related to spirits?

2. Where is the habitation of the Sylphs?

3. What might hide Belinda's faults if she had any?

4. What does the Baron use to light his fire when he burns old tokens from love affairs?

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

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