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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom are secret truths revealed that are hidden from the educated?

2. In Canto I, through what color curtains does the sun shine (13)?

3. With how many hairs can beauty draw someone?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does the boat glide on the river?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does Belinda dream about in Canto I?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Clarissa gives a speech criticizing women’s vanity and frivolity. Why are Belinda and Thalestris not interested in what Clarissa has to say? What does their response reveal about their frivolity and how they and other character are frivolous?

Essay Topic 2

Belinda feels she has been greatly harmed by the loss of the lock of hair. Why does Belinda feel that she has been greatly harmed by the loss of her lock? How does the loss of the lock of hair affect Belinda’s honor?

Essay Topic 3

The Rape of the Lock has a complicated structure. What structural elements does Pope use in the poem? How do those elements contribute to the narrative?

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