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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the book where Pope learned about Rosicrucians?
(a) Artamene, ou le Grand Cyrus.
(b) Le Comte de Gabalis.
(c) Clelie, histoire romaine.
(d) Semaine amoureuse.

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

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

4. What does Belinda dream of in Canto I?
(a) An amorous suitor.
(b) A lover.
(c) A glittering youth.
(d) A handsome beau.

5. To whom is The Rape of the Lock dedicated?
(a) Mrs. Berenice Boyton.
(b) Mrs. Arabella Fermor.
(c) Mrs. Hyacinth Lamorran.
(d) Mrs. Charlotte Gunwalloe.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way does Belinda in the poem resemble Mrs. Fermor?

2. How does Ariel introduce herself?

3. In Canto I, through what color curtains does the sun shine (13)?

4. In Canto I, how many spirits fly round (41)?

5. What do not die with a woman?

(see the answer key)

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