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

2. What does the Baron use to light his fire when he burns old tokens from love affairs?
(a) Scraps of cloth.
(b) Newspapers.
(c) Love letters.
(d) Dry twigs.

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

4. What are some nymphs too conscious of?
(a) Their rules.
(b) Their morals.
(c) Their comportment.
(d) Their appearance.

5. At the beginning of Canto II, what time of day is it?
(a) Noon.
(b) Sunrise.
(c) Sunset.
(d) Mid-day.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do angels wear in Canto I?

2. What do not die with a woman?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Belinda dream about in Canto I?

2. Where does Ariel sit when he starts the meeting of the sylphs, and how is he described?

3. How is Belinda compared to the sun when she gets on a boat with her friends?

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

5. What do the sylphs look like when they gater around the sails of the boat?

6. How is Belinda described in Canto II?

7. How is the day starting in Canto I?

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

9. What did Pope write about the cantos of the poem?

10. What does Belinda use as she prepares for the day?

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