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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How do people respond when Belinda rejects them?
(a) Are deeply offended.
(b) Take no offence.
(c) Get angry.
(d) Get frustrated.

3. What is the name of the book where Pope learned about Rosicrucians?
(a) Clelie, histoire romaine.
(b) Le Comte de Gabalis.
(c) Artamene, ou le Grand Cyrus.
(d) Semaine amoureuse.

4. If Belinda has any faults of women, how can forget them?
(a) Look at her hair.
(b) Talk to her.
(c) Look at her face.
(d) Share a meal with her.

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

6. Who did Pope intend to divert with the poem?
(a) Young ladies.
(b) Young men.
(c) His friends.
(d) Mrs. Fermor.

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

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

9. What do the spirits of troublesome women become?
(a) Caecilians.
(b) Newts.
(c) Salamanders.
(d) Caudates.

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

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

12. How are the sylphs described as they wait for what might befall Belinda?
(a) Anxious and trembling.
(b) Strong and vigilant.
(c) Tense and nervous.
(d) Fearful and uneasy.

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

14. In Canto II, what does Belinda wear on her breast?
(a) Silver cross.
(b) White cross.
(c) Ruby cross.
(d) Gold cross.

15. What do not die with a woman?
(a) Her loves.
(b) Her vanities.
(c) Her dreams.
(d) Her memories.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Canto I, from what motive did a dire offence occur (1)?

2. What are some nymphs too conscious of?

3. At the beginning of Canto II, what time of day is it?

4. Why did Pope revise the poem?

5. What falls to the ground in Canto I when the bell is rung?

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