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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. In Canto I, at what time do sleepless lovers wake (16)?
(a) 6.
(b) 12.
(c) 8.
(d) 10.

2. How are the people described who are present when Belinda appears in Canto II?
(a) Young ladies and young men.
(b) Lovely young women and handsome young men.
(c) Sylphs and gnomes.
(d) Fair nymphs and well-dressed youth.

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

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

5. When have the nurse and the priest told Belinda about when elves dance?
(a) Dusk.
(b) Midnight
(c) Full moon.
(d) Moonlight.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Canto I (3), to whom does the author offer his poem?

2. Who would adore the cross that Belinda wore?

3. What pets rouse in Canto I (15)?

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

5. If Belinda has any faults of women, how can forget them?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the boat glide on the river?

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

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

4. What are the tasks of the sylphs?

5. How is Belinda described in Canto II?

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

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

8. How is the day starting in Canto I?

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

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

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