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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author sing about in Canto I (1)?
(a) Rivalries.
(b) Trivialities and petty quarrels.
(c) The contests that rise from trivial things.
(d) Slights and disagreements.

2. In Canto I (3), to whom does the author offer his poem?
(a) Caryl.
(b) Altarnun.
(c) Endellion.
(d) Braddock.

3. What time of day did the Baron burn old tokens from love affairs?
(a) Before 8 a.m.
(b) Before Phoebus rose.
(c) After Phoebus rose.
(d) After 6 a.m.

4. What does the Baron do when he admires Belinda's shining hair?
(a) Plots how to take it.
(b) Wants to touch it.
(c) Wants to caress a lock.
(d) Wants to kiss a lock.

5. Who does a Belle reject in Canto I (10)?
(a) An earl.
(b) A lord.
(c) A duke.
(d) A count.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many gloves did the Baron burn?

2. Where do sylphs guard the purity of maidens?

3. What are some nymphs too conscious of?

4. In Canto I, at what time do sleepless lovers wake (16)?

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

(see the answer key)

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