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

2. What falls to the ground in Canto I when the bell is rung?
(a) Slipper.
(b) Coverlet.
(c) Pillow.
(d) Bolster.

3. In Canto I (3), to whom does the author offer his poem?
(a) Endellion.
(b) Altarnun.
(c) Braddock.
(d) Caryl.

4. When the Baron prays before his fire, how much of his prayer is granted?
(a) 1/3.
(b) 1/2.
(c) All.
(d) None.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What shape are the locks of hair that Belinda lets fall down the back of her neck?

2. What do the spirits of troublesome women become?

3. In Canto I, how many spirits fly round (41)?

4. How many French romances did the Baron burn?

5. Who will watch over Belinda's dog?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some tasks that creatures of the air have?

2. What altar does the Baron build before dawn?

3. What did Pope write about the Rosicrucian doctrine of Spirits?

4. What did Pope write about hard words and explanation in the introduction to the poem?

5. What does Belinda dream about in Canto I?

6. Why does Aerial call his armies of the air?

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

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

9. How is the honor of chaste young women guarded?

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

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