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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 gloves did the Baron burn?

2. Who would adore the cross that Belinda wore?

3. How does Ariel introduce herself?

4. Where is the habitation of the Sylphs?

5. What do the Gnomes or Daemons of Earth delight in?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the tasks of the sylphs?

2. What altar does the Baron build before dawn?

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. How is the day starting in Canto I?

6. What does Belinda dream about in Canto I?

7. How is Belinda compared to the sun when she gets on a boat with her friends?

8. What questions does the narrator ask a goddess in Canto I?

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

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

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 starts a fight to get her ringlet back. What type of fight ensues? What happens to the lock? How will the lock cause Belinda to be immortalized?

Essay Topic 3

Personification is a type of figurative language that assigns human characteristics to inanimate objects. How does Pope use personification in The Rape of the Lock? How does the use of personification assist readers in imagining scenes and objects?

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