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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. In Canto I, who do virgins find it difficult withstand when they speak?
(a) Arthur and Tristan.
(b) Florio and Damon.
(c) Marlowe and Tennyson.
(d) Corydon and Orlando.

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

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

4. What does the Baron use to light his fire when he burns old tokens from love affairs?
(a) Dry twigs.
(b) Newspapers.
(c) Love letters.
(d) Scraps of cloth.

5. If Belinda has any faults of women, how can forget them?
(a) Share a meal with her.
(b) Talk to her.
(c) Look at her face.
(d) Look at her hair.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Pope intend to divert with the poem?

2. In Canto I, who do angels visit (33)?

3. What shape are the locks of hair that Belinda lets fall down the back of her neck?

4. How many French romances did the Baron burn?

5. How are the sylphs described as they wait for what might befall Belinda?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Belinda described in Canto II?

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

3. How is the day starting in Canto I?

4. What are the tasks of the sylphs?

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

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

7. What does Belinda dream about in Canto I?

8. Where does Ariel sit when he starts the meeting of the sylphs, and how is he described?

9. How does the boat glide on the river?

10. What are the Baron's thoughts when he sees Belinda and admires her hair?

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