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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. How many garters did the Baron burn?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

2. What do angels wear in Canto I?
(a) Golden crowns and wreaths of heavenly flowers.
(b) Golden chaplets entwined with vines.
(c) Jewelled crowns.
(d) Silver crowns and wreaths of laurel.

3. How many gloves did the Baron burn?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

4. What foundation did Pope use for the poem that related to spirits?
(a) The primitive magic of spirits.
(b) Rosicrucian doctrine of spirits.
(c) Homeopathic magic of spirits.
(d) Primal Spirituality.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As Belinda and the others ride in the boat on the river, what weighs down the sylph's heart?

2. What creatures are mentioned as an example of how Belinda's locks can snare a man?

3. What is the sylph Zephyretta to look after that belongs to Belinda?

4. How many times does the Baron blow on his fire to get it started?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How is Belinda described in Canto II?

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