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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do sylphs guard the purity of maidens?
(a) Gradens and drawing rooms.
(b) Balls and masquerades.
(c) Strolls and dinners.
(d) Parties and games.

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

3. To what are Belinda's eyes compared?
(a) The sun.
(b) A candle.
(c) A lantern.
(d) The moon.

4. What color is Ariel's wand?
(a) Azure.
(b) Teal.
(c) Cerulean.
(d) Lapis.

5. In Canto I, how many spirits fly round (41)?
(a) 1,000s.
(b) 100s.
(c) Unnumbered.
(d) 20-30.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Belinda dream of in Canto I?

3. How does Pope describe the French book where he learned about Rosicrucians?

4. When have the nurse and the priest told Belinda about when elves dance?

5. After death, where do the minds of women slide away?

Short Essay Questions

1. What questions does the narrator ask a goddess in Canto I?

2. How is the Baron's prayer answered before his fire?

3. To whom did Pope dedicate The Rape of the Lock, and why did he write it?

4. What does Belinda dream about in Canto I?

5. Why does the Baron build an altar and a fire before the sun rises?

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

7. What did Pope write about the Rosicrucian doctrine of Spirits?

8. How is Belinda described in Canto II?

9. What do the sylphs look like when they gater around the sails of the boat?

10. What are some tasks that creatures of the air have?

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