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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What shape are the locks of hair that Belinda lets fall down the back of her neck?
(a) Waves.
(b) Braids.
(c) Plaits.
(d) Ringlets.

3. How many times does the bell ring in Canto I (17)?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

4. After death, where do the minds of women slide away?
(a) Water.
(b) Earth.
(c) Air.
(d) Heaven.

5. In Canto I, who do angels visit (33)?
(a) Youths.
(b) Virgins.
(c) Babes in arms.
(d) Young men.

6. At the beginning of Canto II, what time of day is it?
(a) Mid-day.
(b) Sunset.
(c) Sunrise.
(d) Noon.

7. How are the sylphs described as they wait for what might befall Belinda?
(a) Tense and nervous.
(b) Strong and vigilant.
(c) Anxious and trembling.
(d) Fearful and uneasy.

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

9. In Canto II, what does Belinda wear on her breast?
(a) Ruby cross.
(b) White cross.
(c) Silver cross.
(d) Gold cross.

10. How many garters did the Baron burn?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 5.

11. What do the sylph have to prevent being blown off their charges by rough winds?
(a) Hair combs.
(b) Hats.
(c) Shawls.
(d) Powder.

12. How are the wings of the sylph and his denizens described?
(a) Insect-like.
(b) Gauzy.
(c) Gossamer.
(d) Thin as a butterfly's wing.

13. In Canto I, through what color curtains does the sun shine (13)?
(a) Burgundy.
(b) White.
(c) Navy.
(d) Rose.

14. What color are Ariel's wings?
(a) Blue.
(b) Green.
(c) Red.
(d) Purple.

15. Who receives credit for the work the sylphs do to make Belinda beautiful in Canto I?
(a) Letty.
(b) Becky.
(c) Betty.
(d) Matilda.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many gloves did the Baron burn?

3. What foundation did Pope use for the poem that related to spirits?

4. To whom are secret truths revealed that are hidden from the educated?

5. To whom is The Rape of the Lock dedicated?

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