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

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

3. What did Pope want his audience to laugh at?
(a) Their follies.
(b) Their friends.
(c) Their dramas.
(d) Their lives.

4. When have the nurse and the priest told Belinda about when elves dance?
(a) Full moon.
(b) Moonlight.
(c) Dusk.
(d) Midnight

5. What are some nymphs too conscious of?
(a) Their appearance.
(b) Their morals.
(c) Their rules.
(d) Their comportment.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What color are Ariel's wings?

3. How many garters did the Baron burn?

4. On what river can the sun be seen in Canto II?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the day starting in Canto I?

2. What did Pope write about the cantos of the poem?

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

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

5. What did Pope write about hard words and explanation in the introduction to the poem?

6. What is machinery?

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

8. Why is Belinda still sleeping as the sun rises?

9. What are the tasks of the sylphs?

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

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