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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. What pets rouse in Canto I (15)?

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

3. How do people respond when Belinda rejects them?

4. What color is Ariel's wand?

5. Who does everyone look at in Canto II?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is machinery?

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

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

4. What are the tasks of the sylphs?

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

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

7. What does Belinda dream about in Canto I?

8. How is the day starting in Canto I?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ariel has worries and concerns in Canto II. Why is Ariel worried and concerned? How does he attempt to thwart disaster and why do his attempts fail?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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