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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 Baron do when he admires Belinda's shining hair?
(a) Wants to touch it.
(b) Plots how to take it.
(c) Wants to kiss a lock.
(d) Wants to caress a lock.

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

3. Who would adore the cross that Belinda wore?
(a) Idolaters.
(b) Infidels.
(c) Heathen.
(d) Agnostics.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Canto I, from what motive did a dire offence occur (1)?

2. To whom is The Rape of the Lock dedicated?

3. What time of day did the Baron burn old tokens from love affairs?

4. How may mortals enjoy the compahy of Sylphs?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What altar does the Baron build before dawn?

7. How is Belinda described in Canto II?

8. What does Belinda dream about in Canto I?

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

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

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