In The Rape of the Lock, Pope satirizes which of the following social institutions ?

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1. Complete the following sentence. In Pope’s The Rape of the Lock, elevated language functions primarily to______________?

   A. demonstrate the importance of the topic.
   B. set up the parody of the pretensions of the characters and their concerns.
   C. reveal the learnedness of the characters.
   D. elicit the sympathy of elite readers

2. The Rape of the Lock is a_______________?

   A. Parody
   B. Elegy
   C. Romance
   D. Sonnet

3. Name the English poet of 18th century whose works included Rape of the Lock, Dunciad and Essay on Man?

   A. Nelson Mandela
   B. Winston Churchill
   C. Alexander Pope
   D. None of these

   Submitted by: M AQIB ZAI

4. In The Way of the World, Congreve satirizes which of the following ?

   A. Ideas about chastity
   B. The institution of marriage
   C. The aristocracy
   D. All of these answers

5. Pope’s comment that “Know, then, thyself, presume God not to scan;/The proper study of mankind is man” in his “Essay on Man” is indicative of all of the following EXCEPT______________?

   A. his use of the heroic couplet.
   B. an Enlightenment focus on useful knowledge.
   C. a neoclassical emphasis on propriety and knowing limitations.
   D. a radical questioning of revealed religion

6. Alexander Pope coined many a modern day cliché. Which of the following did not originate with him ?

   A. To err is human, to forgive divine
   B. Let not the sun go down upon your wrath
   C. A little learning is a dangerous thing
   D. Fools rush in where angels fear to tread

7. Pope made money by selling subscriptions to his translation of this classical epic ?

   A. The Bahagavad Gita
   B. The Odyssey
   C. The Illiad
   D. The Aeneid

8. Why didn’t Alexander Pope attend an English university ?

   A. He lived in Italy until the age of 27
   B. Asthma, headaches, and spinal deformity made him an invalid
   C. He was a Catholic, and therefore forbidden from attending
   D. He just wasn’t bright enough

9. Which metrical form was Pope said to have brought to perfection ?

   A. the heroic couplet
   B. blank verse
   C. free verse
   D. the ode

10. Which metrical form was Pope said to have brought to perfection ?

    A. the heroic couplet
    B. blank verse
    C. free verse
    D. the ode