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Alexander Pope

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the disease that ruined his health?

a)

cancer

b)

tuberculosis

c)

syphilis

d)

diabetes

2.

Which of the languages didn't Pope learn?

a)

Latin

b)

Greek

c)

Korean

d)

French

3.

Pope attracted public attention for the first time when he wrote...

a)

The rape of the Lock

b)

Essay on Man

c)

Essay on Criticism

d)

Pastorals

4.

What is Pope's poem "The Rape of the Lock" based on?

a)

Pope's dream

b)

a real fact

c)

an old legend

d)

a rumor

5.

What did critics say about his translations of "Iliad" and "Odyssey"

a)

"pretty but not Homer"

b)

"Homer would be disappointed"

c)

"exactly what Homer meant"

d)

"better than Homer"

6.

What was Pope like to most People?

a)

warm and affectionate

b)

calm and apathetic

c)

bitterly quarrelsome

7.

What was the satire "The Dunclad" celebrating?

a)

dullness

b)

consideration

c)

sincerity

d)

success

8.

Pope believed that "Most women..."

a)

are beautiful

b)

live longer than men

c)

have stronger characters than men

d)

have no character at all

9.

Pope believed that people fundamentally...

a)

ignorant

b)

evil

c)

good

d)

weak

10.

How do Pope's love lyrics sound?

a)

poverful and moving

b)

artificiol and forced

c)

sincere and emotional

d)

pessimistic