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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. Who would adore the cross that Belinda wore?

3. What does Ariel say that his task and the task of his denizens is?

4. Where is the habitation of the Sylphs?

5. What does the Baron do when he admires Belinda's shining hair?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Belinda dream about in Canto I?

9. What are the tasks of the sylphs?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Canto III begins with a pleasant sail to Hampton Court. How does Pope build the tension in this section of the poem to the climax where the Baron cuts Belinda’s ringlet?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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?

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