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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Who does a Belle reject in Canto I (10)?
(a) An earl.
(b) A duke.
(c) A lord.
(d) A count.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does everyone look at in Canto II?

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

3. How are the sylphs described as they wait for what might befall Belinda?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the tasks of the sylphs?

2. What altar does the Baron build before dawn?

3. What questions does the narrator ask a goddess in Canto I?

4. Why does the Baron build an altar and a fire before the sun rises?

5. What does Belinda dream about in Canto I?

6. How is the day starting in Canto I?

7. How is Belinda described in Canto II?

8. What is sung about at the begining of Canto I?

9. To whom did Pope dedicate The Rape of the Lock, and why did he write it?

10. How is the Baron's prayer answered before his fire?

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