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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What might hide Belinda's faults if she had any?
(a) Diplomacy and tact.
(b) Kindness and generosity.
(c) Peaceful spirit and gentle ways.
(d) Graceful ease and sweetness without pride.

2. What color is Ariel's wand?
(a) Teal.
(b) Azure.
(c) Cerulean.
(d) Lapis.

3. How is Belinda's mind described?
(a) Sprightly.
(b) Mature.
(c) Intelligent.
(d) Quick.

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

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

6. What does the Baron do when he admires Belinda's shining hair?
(a) Wants to kiss a lock.
(b) Wants to caress a lock.
(c) Wants to touch it.
(d) Plots how to take it.

7. How many times does the bell ring in Canto I (17)?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

8. How many French romances did the Baron burn?
(a) 8.
(b) 10.
(c) 12.
(d) 4.

9. What do the sylph have to prevent being blown off their charges by rough winds?
(a) Shawls.
(b) Hair combs.
(c) Hats.
(d) Powder.

10. What does the author sing about in Canto I (1)?
(a) Trivialities and petty quarrels.
(b) Rivalries.
(c) Slights and disagreements.
(d) The contests that rise from trivial things.

11. As Belinda and the others ride in the boat on the river, what weighs down the sylph's heart?
(a) Grief.
(b) Despair.
(c) Sorrow.
(d) Misery.

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

13. What color is used to describe Belinda's neck?
(a) Sallow.
(b) Ivory.
(c) Pearly.
(d) Pale.

14. To what are Belinda's eyes compared?
(a) The sun.
(b) A candle.
(c) The moon.
(d) A lantern.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Canto I, who do angels visit (33)?

2. What color are Ariel's wings?

3. Why did Pope revise the poem?

4. Who does everyone look at in Canto II?

5. In what way does Belinda in the poem resemble Mrs. Fermor?

(see the answer keys)

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