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

2. In Canto I, through what color curtains does the sun shine (13)?
(a) White.
(b) Burgundy.
(c) Rose.
(d) Navy.

3. What do the Gnomes or Daemons of Earth delight in?
(a) Devilment.
(b) Shenanigans.
(c) Tomfoolery.
(d) Mischief.

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

5. After death, where do the minds of women slide away?
(a) Heaven.
(b) Air.
(c) Earth.
(d) Water.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Baron do when he admires Belinda's shining hair?

2. What color are Ariel's wings?

3. What color is used to describe Belinda's neck?

4. What is the name of the book where Pope learned about Rosicrucians?

5. How many French romances did the Baron burn?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What are the Baron's thoughts when he sees Belinda and admires her hair?

5. What altar does the Baron build before dawn?

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

7. What are the tasks of the sylphs?

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

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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