1 Which of these is NOT a title used to refer to Dulness? Great Mother Mighty Mother Saturnian Queen Daughter of Chaos and Eternal Night 2 What specific geographic region does Pope give the most attention to? Greece Smithfield Whitehall Newcastle 3 What is the name of the poet laureate whose death Dulness announces? Thorold Caxton Eusden Molière 4 Which of these is NOT one of the four guardian Virtues that support Dulness? Prudence Valiance Fortitude Poetic Justice 5 What does Bayes claim a Dæmon made him do? Write poorly about Dulness Give up writing Critique Pope Use common sense 6 What symbol marks Bayes' coronation as King of Dulness? Dulness' bird A sheet of Thule A fog A fire 7 What is the poetic genre of The Dunciad? Free Verse Mock Heroic Sonnet Epic 8 What does Dulness use to put out Bayes' fire? Her great fog Water from the river Styx Her tears Sheet of Thule 9 Which of these is NOT one of the fields Bayes considers turning to should he give up writing? Tutoring Party-Writing Gaming the Church 10 What does Bayes make in this book? A printing press for printing Dulness' works A pen after the Dæmon stole his A throne for him to sit upon as King An altar for sacrificing 11 What covers Dulness' face? Fog A silk veil Darkness A mask 12 Which of these is NOT a name used to refer to Bayes? King Log Cibber Ogilby King Colley 13 Who does NOT call those Pope is critiquing to their work? Britannia Jove Fate Dulness 14 What makes up the foundation of Bayes' offering? A Birth-day Ode The classics of an age A folio of all of his works Twelve volumes of amplest size 15 What basic poetic structure is The Dunciad composed of? Sextets Rhyming Couplets Stanzas Tercets 16 Under Dulness, what does Pope say happens between Prologues and Prefaces, Tragedy and Comedy, and Epics and Farces? They care for one another They have nothing to do with each other They fight one another They blend into one another 17 On what day does Dulness select Bayes to be her instrument? The evening of Lord Mayor's Day May Day Hera Day Bayes' Birth-Day 18 Who does Bayes NOT claim to have plaigarized from? Shakespeare Dennis Molière Fletcher 19 Bayes says he is inspired by both Dulness and who else? Criticism Wisdom Eloquence Emptiness 20 Dulness says she was once called another name. What is it? Sloth Wittiness Pertness Genius 21 What does Dulness anoint Bayes with? Holy Water Opium Oil Ink 22 Pope refers to the influence of all of these countries EXCEPT... France Egypt Germany Greece 23 What is one thing Dulness cannot do? Fly Die Conquer Britain Appoint the Successor to the Poet Laureate 24 Dulness sees a "Mob of" what advance? Mysteries Similes Writers Metaphors 25 Which of these does Pope NOT mark as a form of writing plagued so often by Dulness? Novels Merceries Magazines Miscellanies
