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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Canto II.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Canto I, at what time do sleepless lovers wake (16)?
(a) 12.
(b) 8.
(c) 10.
(d) 6.

2. What color is used to describe Belinda's neck?
(a) Pale.
(b) Sallow.
(c) Ivory.
(d) Pearly.

3. Who did Pope intend to divert with the poem?
(a) Mrs. Fermor.
(b) Young ladies.
(c) Young men.
(d) His friends.

4. What do not die with a woman?
(a) Her loves.
(b) Her dreams.
(c) Her memories.
(d) Her vanities.

5. What does Ariel say that the sylphs can give their charges in dreams?
(a) Invention.
(b) Motivation.
(c) Impetus.
(d) Innovation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Pope want his audience to laugh at?

2. How many gloves did the Baron burn?

3. In Canto I, who do virgins find it difficult withstand when they speak?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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