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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. How many locks of hair does Belinda allow to fall down the back of her neck?

2. What shape are the locks of hair that Belinda lets fall down the back of her neck?

3. Where is the habitation of the Sylphs?

4. Where do sylphs guard the purity of maidens?

5. What might hide Belinda's faults if she had any?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is machinery?

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

3. How does the boat glide on the river?

4. What altar does the Baron build before dawn?

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

6. What does Belinda dream about in Canto I?

7. How is Belinda described in Canto II?

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

9. Why is Belinda still sleeping as the sun rises?

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

Pope uses “machinery” in The Rape of the Lock. What is machinery and why does Pope use it in the poem?

Essay Topic 2

Belinda’s grief is compared to serious circumstances like kings being captured on the battlefield. How does Pope use hyperbole in the descriptions of Belinda’s grief?

Essay Topic 3

Sylphs are spirits that inhabit the air. What is the role of sylphs in The Rape of the Lock?

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