Exam on The Rape of the Lock

1. Puffs, powders, patches…… billet – doux.

Bibles
Creams
Incense
Table

2. Who translate Homer:

Pope
Donne
Shelley
Milton

3. Blinda’s lap dog is:

terror
speed
shock
tiger

4. Historically the age of pope is called the age of

Elizabeth
Victoria
Anne
none of these

5. Which of the following work does not belong to pope ?

An Essay on man
Hudibras
The Rape of lock
The Dunciad

6. An application of high style to a trivial subject result

a mock heroic
an epic
a ballad
an epical

7. If Pope is not a poet, where is poetry to be found? who said

Ben Johnson
Eliot
Dryden
Dr. Johnson

8. Pope is a..

Neo- classical poet
Romantic poet
Metaphysical poet
none of these

9. The rape of lock revised Edison has…

2 cantos
3 cantos
4 cantos
5 cantos

10. Pope wrote the rape of the lock on the suggestion of his friend

Addison
Steele
John Caryll
none of these

11. Pope is the representative poet of

18th century
19th century
20th century
none of these

12. What happens to the lock when the Baron tries to cut it a second time?

It turns to gold
It vanishes completely
It becomes invisible
It rises to the sky

13. Pope drew his system of supernatural spirits (Sylphs, Gnomes, etc.) from:

Celtic folklore
The Bible
Rosicrucian mysticism
Norse mythology

14. The overall tone of The Rape of the Lock can best be described as:

Bitterly sarcastic and condemning
Light-hearted, witty, and gently mocking
Deeply tragic and mournful
Earnestly moralizing and preachy

15. “And wretches hang that jury-men may dine”

Simile
Zeugma
Antithesis
Apostrophe

16. “Or stain her honour or her new brocade”

Metaphor
Zeugma
Hyperbole
Personification

17. “Puffs and powders in gay disorder lie”

Metaphor
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Zeugma

18. Who is assigned to tend Belinda’s favorite Lock?

Ariel
Brillante
Momentilla
Crispissa

19. Who does Thalestris rage to and bid demand the precious hairs?

The Baron’s servant
Sir Plume
A lawyer
The Queen

20. What is the “deadly” weapon Belinda uses to threaten the Baron?

A bodkin (hairpin)
A fan
A pair of scissors
A snuff-box

21. And…… praised for labours not her own.

Betty
Sylphs
Ariel
Umbriel

22. What dire… from am’rous caused spring?

Offence
results
crime
consequences

23. The rape of the lock is dedicaded to ?

Blind
Arabella Fermor
Clarissa
Caryll

24. To what are blinda’s eyes repeatedly compared ?

sun
ocean
lack
moon

25. Who are the two “Handmaids” waiting at Spleen’s Throne?

Beauty and Grace.
Wisdom and Folly
Ill-nature and Affectation
Patience and Despair

26. How many tricks does Belinda need to win the game at the end?

One
Two
Three
Four

27. What does the Baron vow to do with the captured lock?

Return it for a kiss.
Keep it as a sacred prize.
Burn it in a ritual.
Give it to another lady.

28. What is the name of the sylph in charge of “the files of air”?

Ariel
Zephyretta
Brillante
Momentilla

29. What does the Baron offer as a “sacrifice” on his altar to Love?

Three love letters, and several tokens from a glove
A lock of his own hair
A ring
A sonnet he wrote

30. What is Belinda’s dressing table described as in Canto I?

A simple wooden table
A place of chaos
A shining Altar
A battleground.