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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. When have the nurse and the priest told Belinda about when elves dance?

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

3. How is Belinda's mind described?

4. How may mortals enjoy the compahy of Sylphs?

5. What do not die with a woman?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Belinda described in Canto II?

3. How is the day starting in Canto I?

4. What is machinery?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What questions does the narrator ask a goddess 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 is described as being very beautiful. How does Pope use references to Belinda’s beauty to reveal her character?

Essay Topic 3

The Baron cuts a lock of Belinda’s hair. Is the act a sexual assault or simply an assault?

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