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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. How many times does the Baron blow on his fire to get it started?

2. How many gloves did the Baron burn?

3. In Canto I, how many bright Inhabitants of Air watch over Belinda?

4. What color are Ariel's wings?

5. What time of day did the Baron burn old tokens from love affairs?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is Belinda described in Canto II?

4. How does the boat glide on the river?

5. How is Belinda compared to the sun when she gets on a boat with her friends?

6. What are the tasks of the sylphs?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Belinda feels she has been greatly harmed by the loss of the lock of hair. Why does Belinda feel that she has been greatly harmed by the loss of her lock? How does the loss of the lock of hair affect Belinda’s honor?

Essay Topic 3

Belinda starts a fight to get her ringlet back. What type of fight ensues? What happens to the lock? How will the lock cause Belinda to be immortalized?

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