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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What falls to the ground in Canto I when the bell is rung?

2. What might hide Belinda's faults if she had any?

3. As Belinda and the others ride in the boat on the river, what weighs down the sylph's heart?

4. What color are Ariel's wings?

5. What do the sylph have to prevent being blown off their charges by rough winds?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Aerial call his armies of the air?

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

3. How is the day starting in Canto I?

4. What is machinery?

5. What does Belinda dream about in Canto I?

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

7. How is Belinda described in Canto II?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pope uses “machinery” in The Rape of the Lock. What is machinery and why does Pope use it in the poem?

Essay Topic 2

Belinda has regrets after the lock of hair is cut from her head. Could Beilnda have changed the course of events and kept her lock of hair? Why does Belinda have regrets?

Essay Topic 3

Ariel and the sylphs attempt to stop the Baron from cutting Belinda’s hair. How do Ariel and the sylphs attempt to stop the Baron? Why does Ariel become impotent, and he and the sylphs have to quit trying to protect Belinda?

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